Bible Person

Jashub

Meaning: a returning; a controversy; a dwelling place · Male · 3 cross references

Jashub is a son of Issachar whose line is preserved in Israel's genealogical records, and he is also associated with the alternate form Job in Genesis. He belongs to the tribal memory through which Issachar's house is traced. First appears in Gen 46:13.1

AI summary: Jashub matters because the cross references connect patriarchal genealogy, census ordering, and later chronicling around a single Issacharite branch. The repeated listing shows how even compact names carried tribal identity across Israel's major historical stages. Taken together, the material presents Jashub as an ancestral figure whose line helps preserve the internal structure of Issachar.1

Central Figure

Jashub

Meaning: a returning; a controversy; a dwelling place

The third of Issachar’s four sons (1 Chr.