Issachar, you are a strong donkey resting in the meadows.
Leah shouted, "God has rewarded me for letting Jacob marry my servant," and she named the boy Issachar.
You found them so pleasant that you worked too hard and became a slave.
(SEE 12:23)
And for those who stayed back to guard the sheep, there are metal doves with silver-coated wings and shiny gold feathers."
The Lord God chose David to be his servant and took him from tending sheep
The men from Reuben and Gad replied: Let us build places to keep our sheep and goats, and towns for our wives and children,
Be happy, Zebulun, as your boats set sail; be happy, Issachar, in your tents.
Tola was the next person to rescue Israel. He belonged to the Issachar tribe, but he lived in Shamir, a town in the hill country of Ephraim. His father was Puah, and his grandfather was Dodo.