Person
Issachar draft
- Born
- 1752 BC
- Attested
- 1752–1701 BC
- Era
- Patriarchs, Israel in Egypt
Hired (Gen. 30:18).
Family & connections
- Parents
- Siblings
- Half-siblings
- Children
- Member of
Line of descent
24 generations back to God, following the father where one is recorded.
Descendants
Three generations.
Events
- 1752 BC Birth of Issachar
- 1728 BC Joseph sold to Egypt
- 1708–1701 BC 7 years of famine
- 1706–1704 BC Joseph's brothers return to Egypt
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hired (Gen. 30:18). “God hath given me,” said Leah, “my hire (Heb. sekhari)...and she called his name Issachar.” He was Jacob’s ninth son, and was born in Padan-aram (comp. 28:2). He had four sons at the going down into Egypt (46:13; Num. 26:23, 25).
Issachar, Tribe of, during the journey through the wilderness, along with Judah and Zebulun (Num. 2:5), marched on the east of the tabernacle. This tribe contained 54,400 fighting men when the census was taken at Sinai. After the entrance into the Promised Land, this tribe was one of the six which stood on Gerizim during the ceremony of the blessing and cursing (Deut. 27:12). The allotment of Issachar is described in Josh. 19:17-23. It included the plain of Esdraelon (=Jezreel), which was and still is the richest portion of Palestine (Deut. 33:18, 19; 1 Chr. 12:40).
The prophetic blessing pronounced by Jacob on Issachar corresponds with that of Moses (Gen. 49:14, 15; comp. Deut. 33:18, 19).
In Scripture
38 verses in 11 books
- Genesis30:18; 35:23; 46:13; 49:14
- Exodus1:3
- Numbers1:8, 28–29; 2:5; 7:18; 10:15; 13:7; 26:23, 25; 34:26
- Deuteronomy27:12; 33:18
- Joshua19:17, 23; 21:6, 28
- Judges5:15; 10:1
- 1 Kings4:17; 15:27
- 1 Chronicles2:1; 6:62, 72; 7:1, 5; 12:32, 40; 27:18
- 2 Chronicles30:18
- Ezekiel48:25–26, 33
- Revelation7:7
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