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The Talmud argues that Issachar's description in the Blessing of Jacob - Issachar is a strong ass lying down between two burdens: and he saw that settled life was good, and the land was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute [13] - is a reference to the religious scholarship of the tribe of Issachar, though ...
The tribe of Issachar is also said to have been most influential in making proselytes (Gen. R. 98:12; comp. Sifre, Deut. 364). Although Issachar was the ninth son of Jacob, the prince of his tribe was the second to bring the offering for the dedication of the altar (Numbers 7:18-23), because the tribe was well versed in Torah (Gen. R. 72:4).
From what is known of Jacob, he had two wives, sisters Leah and Rachel, and two concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah. The twelve sons form the basis for the twelve tribes of Israel, listed in the order from oldest to youngest: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.
Reuben is the eldest son of Jacob and Leah [fn 1] and is the only half-brother who is good to Joseph. Judah is the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Jacob is Joseph's father and the father of his ten older half-brothers and younger brother, Benjamin. Levi is the third son of Jacob and Leah. Issachar is the fifth son of Jacob and Leah.
The scene of Jacob mourning Joseph makes mention of him having a number of daughters, [83] but no details are provided. Only one daughter, Dinah, is known by name. [84] In addition, Jacob also adopted the two sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim. [85]
Asher: Eighth son of Jacob. Issachar: Ninth son of Jacob. Zebulun: Tenth son of Jacob. Benjamin: Youngest son of Jacob. Joseph accuses him of stealing the golden cup. The Wives: The wives of Jacob. The actresses playing the wives also double as Egyptians and servants of Potiphar. Adult chorus; Children's chorus
Moses counting Joseph's kin. According to the Old Testament, the tribe consisted of descendants of Joseph, a son of Jacob and Rachel, from whom it took its name; [8] however, some Biblical scholars view this also as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.
The midrashic book of Jasher argues that Simeon was the one who proposed that the brothers should kill Joseph, and other classical sources argue that it was Simeon who threw Joseph into a pit, and became furious when he found out that Judah had sold Joseph rather than killed him. According to the classical sources, Simeon suffered divine ...