Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar [hired].
And God heeded Leah's [prayer], and she conceived and bore Jacob [her] fifth son.
And Leah became pregnant again and bore Jacob [her] sixth son.
The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
And of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs; and all their kinsmen were under their command;
And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your interests abroad, and you, Issachar, in your tents [at home].
Twelve thousand of the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 of the tribe of Levi, 12,000 of the tribe of Issachar,