23Of 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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Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-51)This is the register of the tribes as they were now enrolled, in the same order that they were numbered in Num. 1:1-54. Observe, I. The account that is here kept of the families of each tribe, which must not be understood of such as we call families, those that live in a house together, but such as were the descendants of the several sons of the patriarchs, by whose names, in honour of them, their…
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