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Righteous Patriarch Zebulun
Also known as Zebulun son of Jacob
The tenth son of the Patriarch Jacob and the sixth by Leah, and forefather of the tribe of Zebulun, whose portion lay toward the sea and in whose land Christ began to preach.
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The tenth son of the Patriarch Jacob and the sixth by Leah, and forefather of the tribe of Zebulun, whose portion lay toward the sea and in whose land Christ began to preach.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; Genesis 29–30, 49