Genesis 49:14

New English Translation

Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags.

Cross References

Genesis 30:18

Then Leah said, “God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.

Genesis 49:15

When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer.

1 Chronicles 12:32

From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command – they understood the times and knew what Israel should do.

Psalm 68:13

When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.

Psalm 78:70

He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.

Numbers 32:16

Then they came very close to him and said, “We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,

Deuteronomy 33:18

Of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, when you go outside, and Issachar, when you are in your tents.

Judges 10:1

After Abimelech’s death, Tola son of Puah, grandson of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.