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Person

Zebulun

Also called Zabulon

Mentioned in 46 verses across 13 books, first in Isaiah 9:1. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In these stories

The seven seals and the four horsemen; the 144,000

At a glance

Gender

Male

Ussher–Jones reckoning

born c. 1751 BC

F. N. Jones’s Ussher-style chronology, used by Theographic: one of several traditional counts, added up from the ages and reigns in the Hebrew text. The Jewish count (Seder Olam) and the Septuagint’s figures differ from it, for early Genesis by centuries. Not a scholarly date.

Dates before the time of the kings are not historically established, and scholars disagree widely about them.

Group

Tribe of Zebulun

Family

Parents

Siblings

Issacharson of Jacob (Israel)
Dinah
Judah (patriarch)
Levi (patriarch)
Reuben
Simeonson of Jacob (Israel)

Half-siblings (same father)

Children

Jahleel
Sered
Elonson of Zebulun

As the dataset records them from the biblical genealogies.

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

Naphtali11 verses
Issacharson of Jacob (Israel)8 verses
Reuben5 verses
Asher4 verses
Eliabson of Helon4 verses
Merari4 verses
Helon4 verses
Gadson of Jacob (Israel)4 verses
Benjamin (patriarch)4 verses
Manasseh (son of Joseph)4 verses
Simeonson of Jacob (Israel)3 verses
God3 verses
Ephraim3 verses
Sered2 verses

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Egyptscene of “Joseph sold to Egypt”; scene of “Joseph's brothers return to Egypt”
Zebulun11 shared verses
Naphtali4 shared verses
Jordan3 shared verses
Galilee2 shared verses
Issachar2 shared verses
Asher2 shared verses
Sidon1 shared verse
Rimmono1 shared verse
Beth-emek1 shared verse
Valley of Jiphthahel1 shared verse
Kartah1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Isaiah, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Isaiah

Isaiah 9:1
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

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Events

Events the dataset lists Zebulun as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. 1751 BC
Birth of ZebulonGenesis 30:19–20
c. 1728 BC
Joseph sold to EgyptGenesis 37:3–36 · at Egypt
c. 1708 BC
7 years of famineGenesis 41:54–43:34
c. 1706 BC
Joseph's brothers return to EgyptGenesis 43:1–45:28 · at Egypt

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

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Dwelling, the sixth and youngest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 30:20). Little is known of his personal history. He had three sons (46:14).

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In the Bible

Isaiah

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