The Blessing of Jacob is a prophetic poem that appears written in Genesis at 49:1–27 and mentions each of Jacob's twelve sons. Genesis presents the poem to be the words of Jacob himself to his sons wh
Jacob Blessing His Sons by François Maitre. The mention of a bed in Genesis 49:33 indicates that this is a deathbed speech.
Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph by Rembrandt, 1656
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar was one of the twelve tribes of Israel and one of the ten lost tribes. In Jewish tradition, the descendants of Issachar were seen as being dominate