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== Birth Date ==

== Birth Date ==

In Sivan of 2251 AM (May-June 1753 BC, or literally, "in the days of the wheat harvest"), [[Reuben]] went into the field and gathered [[mandrake]]s (''Mandragora officinarum'') for his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah for a portion of them, and Leah protested that Rachel already had the favor of Jacob, and now was asking for a supply of the one thing that each woman supposed would make her fertile. Rachel then offered to allow Leah to lie with Jacob that evening. Leah agreed, and when Jacob returned from the field, Leah told him directly that she had "hired" him for the evening, at the price of a few mandrakes.

In Sivan of 2251 AM (May–June 1753 BC, or literally, "in the days of the wheat harvest"), [[Reuben]] went into the field and gathered [[mandrake]]s (''Mandragora officinarum'') for his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah for a portion of them, and Leah protested that Rachel already had the favor of Jacob, and now was asking for a supply of the one thing that each woman supposed would make her fertile. Rachel then offered to allow Leah to lie with Jacob that evening. Leah agreed, and when Jacob returned from the field, Leah told him directly that she had "hired" him for the evening, at the price of a few mandrakes.

The [[Bible]] records that Leah conceived that evening. Issachar was born in the next year. The Bible does not state the exact date on which the transaction occurred. That date might have been on 15 Sivan, and 25 Adar would be about 280 days (the average time of a human pregnancy) later.

The [[Bible]] records that Leah conceived that evening. Issachar was born in the next year. The Bible does not state the exact date on which the transaction occurred. That date might have been on 15 Sivan, and 25 Adar would be about 280 days (the average time of a human pregnancy) later.

In 2298 AM (1706 BC), Issachar entered [[Egypt]] permanently, having visited Egypt twice before to buy grain during the famine of 2296-2302 AM (1708-1701 BC). He was 46 years old at the time and had four named sons: [[Tola (son of Issachar)|Tola]], [[Phuvah]], [[Job (son of Issachar)|Job]], and [[Shimron]].

In 2298 AM (1706 BC), Issachar entered [[Egypt]] permanently, having visited Egypt twice before to buy grain during the famine of 2296-2302 AM (1708-1701 BC). He was 46 years old at the time and had four named sons: [[Tola (son of Issachar)|Tola]], [[Phuvah]], [[Job (son of Issachar)|Job]], and [[Shimron]].

In his deathbed blessing of Issachar, [[Jacob]] said: {{Bible quote|Issachar is a rawboned donkey lying down between two saddlebags. When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.|book=Genesis|chap=49|verses=14-15}}

* Jones, Floyd N. ''[[The Chronology of the Old Testament]]''. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, p. 278.

==See Also==

 

 

==See also==

* [[Israel]]

* [[Israel]]

* [[Palestine]]

* [[Palestine]]