Genesis 46:13
“The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.”
What does Genesis 46:13 mean?
This verse simply records the names of Issachar's four sons as Jacob's family prepares to move to Egypt during a time of famine. It's part of a genealogical list showing all the descendants who traveled with Jacob, helping us understand the complete makeup of what would eventually become the twelve tribes of Israel. These names, though they may seem like just a list to us now, represented real family lines that God was preserving and expanding according to his promises. Lists like this remind us that God cares about people individually, not just as crowds, and that he was faithful to multiply Abraham's descendants exactly as he had sworn.