A son of the patriarch Issachar and father of: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. He was founder of the Tolaite clan.
About Tola
1. One of the four sons of Issachar named among the 66 descendants of Jacob who accompanied him in the migration to Egypt to join Joseph (Gn 46:13); and the ancestor of the first of four families of the tribe of Issachar, as identified in the census of Israel undertaken by Moses and Eleazar (Nm 26:23). Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel (1 Chr 7:2). The Israelite clan of the Tolaites took its name from him (Nm 26:23), and during the time of David the warriors of his family numbered 22,600 men (1 Chr 7:1–2).
Family Relationships
- Parents
- Issachar
- Half-siblings 3
- Puah, Jashub, Shimron
- Children 6
- Uzzi (1 Chronicles 7:2), Rephaiah (1 Chronicles 7:2), Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, Shemuel (1 Chronicles 7:2)
- Aunt
- Dinah
- Uncles 11
- Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan (Patriarch), Naphtali, Gad (Patriarch), Asher, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin
- Cousins 53
- Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, Carmi, Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zerah, Shaul, Gershon, Kohath, Merari, Jochebed, Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, Zerah, Hushim (Genesis 46:23), Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, Shillem, Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arod, Areli, Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi (Genesis 46:17), Beriah, Serah, Sered, Elon (Genesis 46:14), Jahleel, Manasseh (Son of Joseph), Ephraim, Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, Ard, Ahiram, Jediael
Key References
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans: The Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah,
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.
The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
All Scripture References (4)
Genesis (1)
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
Numbers (1)
These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans: The Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah,
1 Chronicles (2)
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.
The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.