Issachar is a strong donkey crouching down between two burdens:
And Leah said, God has given me my reward, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto forced labor.
And of the children of Issachar, who were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were under their command.
Though you have slept among the sheepfolds, yet shall you be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks, and cities for our little ones:
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents.
And after Abimelech there arose to deliver Israel Tola the son of Puah the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.