Person

Zebulun

Name means
Zebulon, dwelling; habitation
Also called
Zabulon
Lived
born c. 1750 BC
Belongs to
Tribe of Zebulun
Mentioned
46 verses · first in Genesis 30:20

Family

GrandparentsIsaacRebekahLaban
ParentsIsraelLeah
Zebulun
ChildrenJahleelSeredElon
Brothers & sistersIssacharDinahJudahLeviReubenSimeonAsherBenjaminDanGadJosephNaphtali

About Zebulun

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 Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

On the timeline

  1. 1750 BCBirth of ZebulonGenesis 30:19–20
  2. 1727 BCJoseph sold to EgyptGenesis 37:3–36
  3. 1707 BC7 years of famineGenesis 41:54–57
  4. 1705 BCJoseph's brothers return to EgyptGenesis 43:1–34
The whole timeline →

Every mention

Show all 46 verses
Genesis 30:20, 35:23, 46:14, 49:13
Exodus 1:3
Numbers 1:9, 1:30–31, 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 30:10–11, 30:18
Psalms 68:27
Isaiah 9:1
Ezekiel 48:26–27, 48:33
Matthew 4:13, 4:15
Revelation 7:8

People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.