Jashub
Son of Issachar
Also known as: Jashub, Iob
Jashub (also known as Jashub or Job) was one of the sons of Issachar, Jacob's son. He was among those who went down to Egypt with Jacob's family. Jashub became the ancestor of the Jashubites, a clan within the tribe of Issachar.
Family
Key events
Mentioned among Jacob's descendants
Jashub is listed as one of Issachar's four sons in the genealogy of Jacob's descendants.
13the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron;
וּבְנֵ֖י יִשָׂשכָ֑ר תּוֹלָ֥ע וּפֻוָּ֖ה[t] וְי֥וֹב וְשִׁמְרֽוֹן׃
The Journey to Egypt
Jashub was among Jacob's family members who went down to Egypt during the famine, when Joseph was vizier in Egypt.
6They took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt—Jacob and all his offspring with him:
וַיִּקְח֣וּ אֶת־מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם וְאֶת־רְכוּשָׁם֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָֽכְשׁוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ מִצְרָ֑יְמָה יַעֲקֹ֖ב וְכָל־זַרְע֥וֹ אִתּֽוֹ׃
7his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters. All his offspring he brought with him to Egypt.
בָּנָ֞יו וּבְנֵ֤י בָנָיו֙ אִתּ֔וֹ בְּנֹתָ֛יו וּבְנ֥וֹת בָּנָ֖יו וְכָל־זַרְע֑וֹ הֵבִ֥יא אִתּ֖וֹ מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ ס
13the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron;
וּבְנֵ֖י יִשָׂשכָ֑ר תּוֹלָ֥ע וּפֻוָּ֖ה[t] וְי֥וֹב וְשִׁמְרֽוֹן׃
Recorded in Israel's genealogy
Jashub is listed in the Book of Numbers as the ancestor of the clan of the Jashubites during the census in the wilderness.
23The sons of Issachar by their clans: from Tola, the Tolaite clan; from Puah, the Punite clan;
בְּנֵ֤י יִשָּׂשכָר֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם תּוֹלָ֕ע מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַתּוֹלָעִ֑י לְפֻוָ֕ה מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַפּוּנִֽי׃
24from Jashub, the Jashubite clan; from Shimron, the Shimronite clan.
לְיָשׁ֕וּב מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַיָּשׁוּבִ֑י לְשִׁמְרֹ֕ן מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשִּׁמְרֹנִֽי׃
Mentioned in 1 Chronicles
Jashub is again mentioned as a son of Issachar in the genealogies of Chronicles, confirming his place in the tribal history of Israel.
1The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron — four in all.
וְלִבְנֵ֣י יִשָׂשכָ֗ר תּוֹלָ֧ע וּפוּאָ֛ה *ישיב **יָשׁ֥וּב וְשִׁמְר֖וֹן אַרְבָּעָֽה׃ ס