歷代志上7:1-5

 

7:1 以薩迦的兒子是陀拉、普瓦、雅述（在創世記四十六章十三節是約伯）、伸崙，共四人。
7:2 陀拉的兒子是烏西、利法雅、耶勒、雅買、易伯散、示母利，都是陀拉的族長，是大能的勇士。到大衛年間，他們的人數共有二萬二千六百名。
7:3 烏西的兒子是伊斯拉希；伊斯拉希的兒子是米迦勒、俄巴底亞、約珥、伊示雅，共五人，都是族長。
7:4 他們所率領的，按著宗族出戰的軍隊，共有三萬六千人，因為他們的妻和子眾多。
7:5 他們的族弟兄在以薩迦各族中都是大能的勇士，按著家譜計算共有八萬七千人。

 

The sons of Issachar:

Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron—four in all.

² The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel—heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered 22,600.

³ The son of Uzzi:

Izrahiah.

The sons of Izrahiah:

Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Ishiah. All five of them were chiefs. ⁴ According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

⁵ The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

 

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    這是以薩迦支派的家譜，在這裡看見「以薩迦各族中都是大能的勇士」和「約伯」，讓我們感受到上帝在這個支派的作為是何等的大！