And the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvvah, Iob, and Shimron.
Parallel translations
- WEB The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
- KJV And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
- BSB The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
- NKJV The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
- NLT The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
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Quick answer
The sons of Issachar are named: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. The record continues the roll of Israel's tribal founders.
Overview
Issachar's four sons are listed among those who came to Egypt. These names found the families of the tribe of Issachar. The continuing genealogy testifies to God's preservation of every branch of the covenant family as the nation takes shape.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Chr 12:32Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command.
- Num 1:8Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
- Num 26:23–25The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;
- Deut 33:18About Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and Issachar, in your tents.
- 1 Chr 2:1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
- 1 Chr 7:1–5Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
- Gen 30:14–18Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
- Gen 35:23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Num 1:28–30Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
- Gen 49:14–15“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
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