1Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
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And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-19)We have here a short view given us, I. Of the tribe of Issachar, whom Jacob had compared to a strong ass, couching between two burdens (Gen. 49:14), an industrious tribe, that minded their country business very closely and rejoiced in their tents , Deut. 33:18. And here it appears, 1. That they were a numerous tribe; for they had many wives. So fruitful their country was that they saw no danger of…
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