Person Old Testament
Tola
Also known as Tolaite
Tola was a son of Issachar and the ancestor of the Tolaite clan. Mentioned in 4 verses across 3 books, first at Genesis 46:13.
Why it matters. Son of Issachar, ancestor of the Tolaites
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Tola
Tola was one of the sons of Issachar, mentioned in Gen.46.13, Num.26.23, and 1Ch.7.1-2. He was born to Issachar during the family's time in Canaan and went down to Egypt with Jacob's household. Tola became the ancestor of the Tolaite clan within the tribe of Issachar. In the census taken in the wilderness of Sinai, the Tolaite clan numbered 22,600 men (Num.26.23). Tola's descendants were among the Israelites who received an inheritance in the Promised Land. The mention of Tola in the genealogies highlights the growth and development of the tribe of Issachar from the time of the patriarchs to the settlement in Canaan.
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.
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- Issachar
Appears in Scripture
Named in 4 verses across 3 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.