Bible Cross References
Issachar
Genesis 30:14-18
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During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found mandrakes, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
15
Leah answered, "Isn't it enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you are even trying to take away my son's mandrakes." Rachel said, "If you will give me your son's mandrakes, you can sleep with Jacob tonight."
16
When Jacob came in from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You are going to sleep with me tonight, because I have paid for you with my son's mandrakes." So he had intercourse with her that night.
17
God answered Leah's prayer, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18
Leah said, "God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave to my husband"; so she named her son Issachar.
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob's oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 49:14
"Issachar is no better than a donkey That lies stretched out between its saddlebags.
Genesis 49:15
But he sees that the resting place is good And that the land is delightful. So he bends his back to carry the load And is forced to work as a slave.
Numbers 1:8
(SEE 1:5)
Numbers 1:28-30
28
(SEE 1:20)
29
(SEE 1:20)
30
(SEE 1:20)
Numbers 26:23-25
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The tribe of Issachar: the clans of Tola, Puah,
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Jashub, and Shimron.
25
These clans numbered 64,300 men.
Deuteronomy 33:18
About the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar he said: "May Zebulun be prosperous in their trade on the sea, And may Issachar's wealth increase at home.
1 Chronicles 2:1
Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 7:1-5
1
Issachar had four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
2
Tola had six sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. They were heads of families of the clan of Tola and were famous soldiers. At the time of King David their descendants numbered 22,600.
3
Uzzi had one son, Izrahiah. Izrahiah and his four sons, Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, were all heads of families.
4
They had so many wives and children that their descendants were able to provide 36,000 men for military duty.
5
The official records of all the families of the tribe of Issachar listed 87,000 men eligible for military duty.
1 Chronicles 12:32
(SEE 12:23)
Job
1 Chronicles 7:1
Issachar had four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.