The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
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The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
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And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
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And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
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Passages linked to Genesis 46:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 30:13 Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.
- Genesis 49:20 “Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
- Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
- Numbers 1:13 Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
- Numbers 1:40-41 Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war: those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 26:44-46 The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites. Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
- Deuteronomy 33:24 About Asher he said, “Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil.
- 1 Chronicles 2:2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- 1 Chronicles 7:30-40 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister. The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them listed by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were…
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim,.... And therefore not to be reckoned with those that went down with Jacob thither; for which reason the clause, "in the land of Egypt", is inserted, see Gen 41:50,
which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, bare unto him; here again the Targum of Jonathan makes Asenath to be the daughter of Dinah, who it says was educated in the house of Potipherah prince of Tanis; See Gill on Gen 41:50.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. Ishvi] This name, omitted in Num., is probably…
17. Ishvi] This name, omitted in Num., is probably due to the erroneous repetition of “Ishvah.”
Serah their sister] Notice the solitary mention of a female descendant in the younger generation.
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Heber, and Malchiel] It is tempting to compare Ḥeber = “confederate” (1Ch_4:18), with the Ḥabiri, and Malchiel with Milkili, the name of a prince of Southern Canaan in the Tel-el-Amarna tablets.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) Asher has four sons:
(17) Asher has four sons:
Num_26:44-45. 1Ch_7:30.
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Jimnah,Jimna,Imnah,Ishuah,(omitted)Isuah,Isui,Jesui,Ishuai,Beriah.Beriah.Beriah.
The sister is everywhere Serach, though called Serah here, and Sarah in Numbers. The three documents all agree in the names of Heber and Malchiel, sons of Beriah.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, (Gesenius) and Ishuah,…
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, (Gesenius) and Ishuah, Level" (Gesenius)and Isui, "Level" (Gesenius): they may have been twinsand Beriah, (Gesenius), "In Evil" (Murphy)and Serah (Gesenius), "Overflow" (Murphy) their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, (Gesenius)and Malchiel of El" (Gesenius, Murphy), "My king is El" (Lange).
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