People of the Bible
Zebulun
also called Zabulon · 1751 BC – · Tribe of Zebulun
Family
- Father
- Jacob (Israel)
- Mother
- Leah
- Brothers and sisters
- Dinah, Issachar, Judah (patriarch), Levi (patriarch), Reuben, Simeon
- Half-brothers and sisters
- Asher, Benjamin (patriarch), Dan, Gad, Joseph (son of Jacob), Naphtali
- Children
- Elon, Jahleel, Sered
In the story
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- Birth of Zebulon · 1750 BC
- Joseph sold to Egypt · 1727 BC
- 7 years of famine · 1707 BC
- Joseph's brothers return to Egypt · 1705 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 46 verses
- Genesis
- 30:20, 35:23, 46:14, 49:13
- Exodus
- 1:3
- Numbers
- 1:9, 1:30, 1:31, 2:7, 7:24, 10:16, 13:10, 26:26, 34:25
- Deuteronomy
- 27:13, 33:18
- Joshua
- 19:10, 19:16, 19:27, 19:34, 21:7, 21:34
- Judges
- 1:30, 4:6, 4:10, 5:14, 5:18, 6:35, 12:12
- 1 Chronicles
- 2:1, 6:63, 6:77, 12:33, 12:40, 27:19
- 2 Chronicles
- 30:10, 30:11, 30:18
- Psalms
- 68:27
- Isaiah
- 9:1
- Ezekiel
- 48:26, 48:27, 48:33
- Matthew
- 4:13, 4:15
- Revelation
- 7:8
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.