Zebulun
tenth-born son of Jacob (GEN 30:19), son of Leah
PersonTribe of Zebulunmale23 verses
Names
- Zebulun — זְבֻלֽוּן zəvulun “honor” (H2074) · Ζαβουλων Zaboulōn (G2194) — Genesis 30:20
Family
- father of Sered (inferred)
- father of Elon (son of Zebulun) (inferred)
- father of Jahleel (inferred)
Ancestry
- ancestor of Helon (inferred)
- ancestor of Sodi
- ancestor of Parnach (inferred)
- ancestor of Elon (descendant of Zebulun who judged Israel) (inferred)
- ancestor of Obadiah (father of Ishmaiah) (inferred)
Siblings
- brother of Dinah (inferred)
- half-brother of Joseph (eleventh-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
- half-brother of Benjamin (twelfth-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Zebulun* — 2,261 AH · 1,701 BC · aged 0 — Genesis 30:20
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Paddan-aram — Birth of Zebulun* (Genesis 35:26)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Jokneam — 2 shared verses
- Kartah — 2 shared verses
- Kedesh-naphtali — 1 shared verse
- Mount Tabor — 1 shared verse
- Rimmono — 1 shared verse
- Sarid — 1 shared verse
- Sidon — 1 shared verse
- Tabor 2 — 1 shared verse
Appearances
- Genesis 30:20
- Genesis 35:23
- Genesis 46:14
- Genesis 49:13
- Exodus 1:3
- Numbers 1:9
- Numbers 1:30
- Numbers 1:31
- Numbers 2:7
- Numbers 7:24
- Numbers 10:16
- Numbers 13:10
and 11 further references.
Topical references
- 1. Son of Jacob and Leah — Genesis 30:20; Genesis 35:23; Genesis 46:14; Genesis 49:13; Exodus 1:3; 1 Chronicles 2:1
- Descendants of — Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26; Numbers 26:27
- Place of, in marching and camping — Numbers 2:3; Numbers 2:7; Numbers 10:14; Numbers 10:16
- Territory awarded to — Genesis 49:13; Joshua 19:10; Matthew 4:13
- Aboriginal inhabitants of the territory of, not expelled — Judges 1:30
- Levitical cities of — Joshua 21:34; Joshua 21:35; 1 Chronicles 6:77
- Moses' benediction upon — Deuteronomy 33:18; Deuteronomy 33:19
- With Barak against Sisera — Judges 4:6; Judges 4:10; Judges 5:14; Judges 5:18
- With Gideon against the Midianites — Judges 6:35
- With David when made king over Israel — 1 Chronicles 12:33; 1 Chronicles 12:38
- Joins with Hezekiah in renewing the Passover — 2 Chronicles 30:11; 2 Chronicles 30:18
- Conquest of, by Tiglath-pileser; carried away to Assyria into captivity — 2 Kings 15:29; Isaiah 9:1
- Jesus lived in the land of — Matthew 4:15
- Twelve thousand sealed — Revelation 7:8
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.