Genesis 46:17
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
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Compare
- BSB
- The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
- KJV
- And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
- WEB
- The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
- ASV
- And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
- DARBY
- And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah; and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
- BLB
- And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
- ÅB
- - og Asers sønner: Jimna og Jisva og Jisvi og Bria og Serah, deres søster, og Brias sønner var Heber og Malkiel;
- OTB
- Asjers sønner: Jimna, Jisjva, Jisjvi og Beria, med deres søster Serah. Berias sønner: Heber og Malkiel.
- B1930
- - og Asers sønner: Jimna og Jisva og Jisvi og Bria og Serah, deres søster, og Brias sønner var Heber og Malkiel;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Read in contextGenesis 49:20
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:2
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Read in contextGenesis 35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
Read in contextNumbers 1:40–41
Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:24
And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
Read in context1 Chronicles 7:30–40
The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
Read in contextNumbers 26:44–46
Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
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