Person Old Testament
Puah
Also known as Puah =ESV, NIV, KJV; Puvah =ESV; Phuvah, Pua =KJV, Punite =ESV, KJV; Puite =NIV
Puah, also known as Puvah, was a son of Issachar and grandson of Jacob, and his descendants were called the Punites. Mentioned in 3 verses across 3 books, first at Genesis 46:13.
Why it matters. Son of Issachar, grandson of Jacob
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Puah
Puah, also referred to as Puvah, was one of the sons of Issachar, who was a son of Israel (or 'Jacob') (Gen.46.13; 1Ch.7.1). He was born during the time when Jacob and his family were living in Canaan, before their migration to Egypt. In Num.26.23, the descendants of Puah are mentioned as part of the census of the Israelites in the wilderness, where they are referred to as the Punites. This census was taken in preparation for the allocation of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel. The inclusion of the Punites in this census indicates that Puah's descendants had grown into a significant clan within the tribe of Issachar.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Issachar
Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 3 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.