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Issachar or even Yissachar (יִשָּׂשׁכָר "Reward; recompense", Standard Hebrew Yissaḫar, Tiberian Hebrew Yiśśรขḵār) was the fifth boy of Jacob and his first married woman Leah. Based on data from Genesis, Issachar was conceived on the night that Leah tried to have mandrakes brought to her by her oldest boy Reuben to remedy her sterility. Because Leah took her kid's birth to mean that she was divinely favorite, she gave him a title Issachar. When a root of the tribe of Israel bearing his name, Issachar & his humans settled in the Jezreel Valley and the moo hills east of Mount Tabor. Jacob's blessing, given within Egypt and recorded in Genesis 49, describes Issachar as "a strong ass" world health organization "became a slave at forced labor", perhaps indicating that a tribe of Issachar was a single subject to the Canaanites of that region. Issachar fathered iv sons world health organization joined him in the migration of Jacob's personal to Egypt, in which he died & was buried. Among his descendent were a judge Tola and two kings of Israel, Baasha and his son Elah.
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Tsaddikim: Issachar Presenting the Chassidic position on the son of Jacob, including beliefs about his later reincarnations. Issachar Profile of the son of Jacob from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project. Issachar Biblical biography of the son of Jacob. Catholic Encyclopedia: Issachar Commentary on the son of Jacob from the traditional Catholic perspective. Jewish Encyclopedia: Issachar Overview of the ninth son of Jacob from the traditional Jewish perspective, including rabbinic commentary. Jewish Virtual Library: Issachar Brief profile of the priest, with links to pertinent Torah passages. |
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