Bible Strands
Genesis 46:13
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text functions as a genealogical catalog entry listing the descendants of Jacob’s tribe of Issachar who relocated to Egypt. It appears within a broader census of Jacob’s family, positioned between the records of Judah and Zebulun.
The words — The Hebrew phrase וּ/בְנֵ֖י יִשָׂשכָ֑ר (u./ve.Nei yi.so.sh.Khar) literally renders "and the sons of Issachar," directly introducing the four names Tola, Puah, Iob, and Shimron.
The thread — Issachar is first named among Leah’s sons in Genesis 35:23 and later defined in 1 Chronicles 12:32 as men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do. The structural pattern of listing tribal descendants recurs in the immediate context of Genesis 46:12 and 46:14.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track the specific historical lineage of Issachar within the larger migration account. It establishes the concrete genealogical foundation that precedes the tribe’s later identification in Scripture.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 12:32 From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
- Genesis 30:14 Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
- Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Genesis 49:14 Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
- Numbers 1:8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
- Numbers 1:28 From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 26:23 These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans: The Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah,
- Deuteronomy 33:18 Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.
- 1 Chronicles 2:1 These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
- 1 Chronicles 7:1 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.