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Zebulun
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Zebulun (; also Zebulon, Zabulon, or Zaboules in Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus) was, according to the Books of Genesis and Numbers, the last of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's tenth son), and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Zebulun. With Leah as a matriarch, biblical scholars believe the tribe to have been regarded by the text's authors as a part of the original Israelite confederation.
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- Person.name
- Zebulun
- Person.image
- Zebulun (Francisco de Zurbarán).jpg
- Person.caption
- Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán from Jacob and His Twelve Sons, c. 1640–45)
- Person.native_name
- זְבֻלוּן
- Person.native_name_lang
- he
- Person.pronunciation
- Zəvulun
- Person.birth_place
- Paddan Aram
- Person.birth_date
- 7 Tishrei
- Person.father
- Jacob
- Person.mother
- Leah
- Person.spouse
- Merishah
- Person.children
- Sered (son)Elon (son)Jahleel (son)
- Person.relatives
- Reuben (brother)Simeon (brother)Levi (brother)Judah (brother)Dan (half brother)Naphtali (half brother)Gad (half brother)Asher (half brother)Issachar (brother)Dinah (sister)Joseph (half brother)Benjamin (half brother)Rachel (aunt/stepmother)
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- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Paddan Aram
- Father
- Jacob
- Mother
- Leah
- Sibling
- Issachar
- Image
- Zabuló, església de sant Joan del Mercat de València.JPG
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Zebulun (; also Zebulon, Zabulon, or Zaboules in Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus) was, according to the Books of Genesis and Numbers, the last of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's tenth son), and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Zebulun. With Leah as a matriarch, biblical scholars believe the tribe to have been regarded by the text's authors as a part of the original Israelite confederation.
The Tomb of Zebulun is located in Sidon, Lebanon. In the past, towards the end of Iyyar, Jews from the most distant parts of the land of Israel would make a pilgrimage to this tomb.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zebulun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.