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Genesis 46:13

in Genesis 46

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.

KJV

And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

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This verse in Genesis 46

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And the sons of Issachar, Tola, and Phuvah; and Job, and Shimron. The first of these was the father of a numerous race in the days of David, their number was 22,600; See Gill on 1Ch 7:2; the second is called Puah, and the third Jashub, and the fourth Shimrom, 1Ch 7:1; and were all the heads of families, as appears from the places referred to.

This site's exposition

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron

on Genesis 46:13-15

Issachar and Zebulun complete Leah's six sons, and her branch is the largest, thirty-three of the seventy. She is the wife Jacob had not chosen, and the LORD opened her womb at 29:31 while Rachel stayed barren. Out of Leah come Levi and Judah, the priesthood and the kingship.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch 7:14-20), born in Egypt, the two accounts coincide.

The words behind it

6 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּבְנֵ֖יand [the] sons of

    uveneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשָׂשכָ֑רIssachar

    yisoshkharH3485 →43 times

  • תּוֹלָ֥עTola

    tola'H8439 →

  • וּפֻוָּ֖הand Puah

    ufuvahH6312 →

  • וְי֥וֹבand Iob

    veyovH3102 →

  • וְשִׁמְרֽוֹן׃and Shimron

    veshimronH8110 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 26:23These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans: The Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah,5 works1 Chronicles 12:32From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.4 works1 Chronicles 7:1The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.4 worksGenesis 30:18Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.3 worksNumbers 26:24the Jashubite clan from Jashub, and the Shimronite clan from Shimron.3 worksGenesis 30:14–18Now 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.”2 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 1:28–30From 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,2 works1 Chronicles 2:1These were the sons of Israel:2 worksGenesis 49:14–15Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.2 worksGenesis 35:23The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.2 worksNumbers 1:8from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;2 worksDeuteronomy 33:18Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 5:17

      Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

    • Luke 12:56–57

      You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?

    • Esther 1:13

      Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.

    • Proverbs 14:8

      The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

    • Isaiah 33:6

      He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 2:1

    These were the sons of Israel:

    it leads to

    • Genesis 32:28

      Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

    • Revelation 7:5–8

      From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,

    • Genesis 35:22–26

      While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

Jacob Goes to Egypt — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jacob Goes to Egypt — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 46 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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