Verse 13. - And the sons of Issachar; Tola, - "Worm, Scarlet" (Gesenius) - and Phuvah, - "Mouth"? (Gesenius) - and Job, - perhaps an incorrect reading for Jashub ("Turning Oneself"), as in Numbers 26:24; 1 Chronicles 7:1 (Gesenius), which the LXX. adopts - and Shimron, - "Watch" (Gesenius).
46:5-27 We have here a particular account of Jacob's family. Though the fulfilling of promises is always sure, yet it is often slow. It was now 215 years since God had promised Abraham to make of him a great nation, ch. 12:2; yet that branch of his seed, to which the promise was made sure, had only increased to seventy, of whom this particular account is kept, to show the power of God in making these seventy become a vast multitude.
And the sons of Issachar, Tola, and Phuvah; and Job, and Shimron. The first of these was the father of a numerous race in the days of David, their number was 22,600; See Gill on 1 Chronicles 7:2; the second is called Puah, and the third Jashub, and the fourth Shimrom, 1 Chronicles 7:1; and were all the heads of families, as appears from the places referred to.
Numbers 26:23-24. 1 Chronicles 7:1.
Tola,
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Shimron.
Shimron.
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