Issachar

Family: Jacob's family · Role: son · First appears: The Birth Of Jacob's Children

Leah bore Jacob a son, Issachar. In the war with the Ninevites, Issachar and Gad took the combat upon themselves, slew warriors, and drove many into a cave; Dan and Naphtali came to their aid when the Ninevites attacked them. On the third day, Jacob and his sons united and routed the Ninevite host.

Later, at Mount Seir, Jacob’s sons defeated Esau’s army and besieged the fugitives. Esau’s sons and the other fugitives eventually submitted to peace, and Jacob’s sons exacted tribute from them.

Relationship record

Life events

• Leah bore Jacob a son, Issachar.(The Birth Of Jacob's Children)
  • With: Leah Jacob
  • “The next son born unto Jacob was Issachar, ‘a reward,’”
• Issachar and Gad attacked the Ninevites, slew warriors, and drove many into a cave.(The War With The Ninevites)
  • With: Gad
  • “The leaders of the day slew forty-eight thousand warriors, and put to flight twelve myriads more, who concealed themselves in a cave.”
• Dan and Naphtali came to Issachar and Gad's aid when the Ninevites attacked them.(The War With The Ninevites)
  • With: Gad Dan Naphtali
  • “Dan and Naphtali saw the plight of their brothers and ran to their assistance.”
• Jacob and his sons routed the Ninevite host, and the fleeing army ultimately fled in defeat.(The War With The Ninevites)
  • With: Jacob Judah Levi Zebulon Gad Dan Naphtali Joseph
  • “All the sons of Jacob united to oppose it, and they routed the host.”
• Jacob's sons defeated Esau's army, pursued the fugitives, and besieged them on Mount Seir.(Esau's Campaign Against Jacob · 📍 Mount Seir)
  • With: Jacob Judah Naphtali Gad Levi Dan Reuben Zebulon Simon Benjamin Enoch (son of Reuben) Reuel Jeush Lotan Korah
  • “Four hundred were slain in battle, and six hundred fled, among the latter Esau's four sons, Reuel, Jeush, Lotan, and Korah.”
• Esau's sons and the fugitives submitted to peace and agreed to pay tribute.(Esau's Campaign Against Jacob · 📍 Mount Seir)
  • With: Jacob Judah Naphtali Gad Levi Dan Reuben Zebulon Simon Benjamin Enoch (son of Reuben) Reuel Jeush Lotan Korah
  • “Now the sons of Esau and all the other fugitives came and fell down before them, bowed down, and entreated them without cease, until they concluded peace with them. But the sons of Jacob exacted tribute from them.”

The Birth Of Jacob's Children

• parent: Jacob “Her dudaim secured two sons for her, Issachar”
• parent: Leah “Her dudaim secured two sons for her, Issachar”

The War With The Ninevites

• parent: Jacob “Issachar and Gad said that this day they would take the combat upon themselves, and their father bade them do it while their brothers kept guard and held themselves in readiness to aid and relieve the two combatants when they showed signs of weariness and exhaustion.”
• siblings with Gad “Issachar and Gad said that this day they would take the combat upon themselves, and their father bade them do it while their brothers kept guard and held themselves in readiness to aid and relieve the two combatants when they showed signs of weariness and exhaustion.”
• siblings with Dan “Dan and Naphtali saw the plight of their brothers and ran to their assistance.”
• siblings with Naphtali “Dan and Naphtali saw the plight of their brothers and ran to their assistance.”

Esau's Campaign Against Jacob

• parent: Jacob “Reuben, Issachar, and Zebulon with fifty servants, to the north”

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.