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Issachar , in the patriarchal narratives of the Bible, son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of one of the 12 tribes. The territory allotted to the tribe of Issachar at the time of the conquest extended along the west bank of the Jordan.

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Issachar in the Bible, a Hebrew patriarch, son of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 30:18); the tribe of Israel traditionally descended from him.

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Issachar The ninth son of Jacob, born to Leah, and ancestor of the tribe occupying part of northern Canaan west of the Sea of Galilee (Josh. 17: 10) which was overrun by the assyrians in 732 BCE. His brother was Zebulun (Gen. 30: 18–20).

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