Genesis 46:13
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
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Compare
- BSB
- The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
- KJV
- And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
- WEB
- The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
- ASV
- And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.
- DARBY
- And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, and Job, and Shimron.
- BLB
- And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Job, and Shimron.
- ÅB
- og Issakars sønner: Tola og Puva og Job og Simron,
- OTB
- Isaskars sønner: Tola, Puvva, Job og Sjimron.
- B1930
- og Issakars sønner: Tola og Puva og Job og Simron,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 12:32
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Read in contextNumbers 1:8
Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Read in contextGenesis 35:23
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:18
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:1
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Read in contextGenesis 49:14–15
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Read in contextNumbers 1:28–30
Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Read in context1 Chronicles 7:1–5
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
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