Genesis 46:17 The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

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New International Version
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel.

New Living Translation
The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel.

English Standard Version
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Berean Standard Bible
The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

King James Bible
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

New King James Version
The sons of Asher were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.

New American Standard Bible
And the sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

NASB 1995
The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

NASB 1977
And the sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Amplified Bible
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Christian Standard Bible
Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel.

American Standard Version
And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.

English Revised Version
And the sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The sons of [Asher]were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.

Good News Translation
Asher and his sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel.

International Standard Version
Asher's sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons Heber and Malchiel were also included.

Majority Standard Bible
The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

NET Bible
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel.

New Heart English Bible
And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malkiel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

World English Bible
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and their sister Serah. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the sons of Asher: Jimnath and Ishuah and Isui and Beriah, and Sarah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Beer: Jamne and Jesua and Jessuri and Beria, and Sara their sister. The sons of Beria: Heber and Melchiel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The sons of Asher: Imnah and Jesua, and Jessui and Beriah, and also their sister Sarah. The sons of Beria: Heber and Malchiel.

New American Bible
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

New Revised Standard Version
The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The children of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the sons of Asheer: Yamna and Yashwa and Ishwi and Bria and Sarakh their sister; and the sons of Bria: Khaber and Malkeel.

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the sons of Aser; Jemna, Jessua, and Jeul, and Baria, and Sara their sister. And the sons of Baria; Chobor, and Melchiil.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

The Children of Zilpah
16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.…

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Cross References

Numbers 26:46
And the name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.

1 Chronicles 7:30-31
The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. / The sons of Beriah: Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

Genesis 30:5-13
and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son. / Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan. / And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. ...

Genesis 35:25-26
The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. / And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

Deuteronomy 33:23
Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”

Joshua 19:32-39
The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali: / Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. / Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east. ...

Judges 4:6
She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

Judges 5:18
Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

1 Kings 7:14
He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

Isaiah 9:1
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

Matthew 4:13-15
Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, / to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: / “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

Luke 2:36
There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

John 1:45-46
Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” / “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

Treasury of Scripture

And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

Asher.

Genesis 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

Genesis 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 Padanaram.

Genesis 49:20
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

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Asher Beriah Beri'ah Heber Imnah Ishvah Ishvi Jimnah Jishvah Jishvi Malchiel Mal'chi-El Malkiel Sarah Serah Sister

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Asher Beriah Beri'ah Heber Imnah Ishvah Ishvi Jimnah Jishvah Jishvi Malchiel Mal'chi-El Malkiel Sarah Serah Sister

Genesis 46

1. Jacob is comforted by God at Beersheba.
5. Thence he with his company goes into Egypt.
8. The number of his family that went into Egypt.
28. Joseph meets Jacob.
31. He instructs his brothers how to answer Pharaoh.

Berean Study Bible

The sons of Asher
This phrase introduces the descendants of Asher, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, who was born to Leah's maidservant Zilpah. Asher's name, meaning "happy" or "blessed" in Hebrew, reflects the joy and prosperity associated with his lineage. Asher's descendants were known for their abundance and fertility, as seen in the blessings pronounced over them in Genesis 49:20, where they are described as providing "rich food" and "delicacies fit for a king."

Imnah
The name Imnah, derived from the Hebrew root "aman," meaning "to be firm or faithful," suggests a character of reliability and steadfastness. In the context of Asher's lineage, Imnah represents the enduring faithfulness of God's promises to the tribes of Israel, emphasizing the importance of trust and faith in God's covenant.

Ishvah
Ishvah's name, though less frequently mentioned in biblical texts, carries the connotation of "equality" or "levelness." This can be seen as a reminder of the equality and unity that should exist among the tribes of Israel, despite their diverse backgrounds and roles within the nation.

Ishvi
The name Ishvi, meaning "he resembles" or "he is equal," further underscores the theme of unity and equality among the tribes. It reflects the idea that each tribe, while unique, is equally valued and integral to the fulfillment of God's plan for His people.

Beriah
Beriah's name, meaning "in trouble" or "a gift," presents a duality that is often seen in the lives of God's people. It reminds us that even in times of trouble or distress, God's gifts and blessings are present. This duality is a testament to God's faithfulness and provision, even in challenging circumstances.

and their sister Serah
The mention of Serah, Asher's daughter, is significant as she is one of the few women named in the genealogies. Her inclusion highlights the value and importance of women in God's plan. Serah's name, meaning "abundance" or "princess," reflects the richness and honor bestowed upon her, symbolizing the abundant grace and favor that God extends to all His children.

The sons of Beriah
This phrase introduces the next generation, emphasizing the continuity of God's promises through the lineage of Asher. It serves as a reminder of the generational blessings and responsibilities that come with being part of God's covenant people.

Heber
The name Heber, meaning "comrade" or "association," signifies the importance of community and fellowship among God's people. It highlights the interconnectedness of the tribes and the need for unity and cooperation in fulfilling God's purposes.

and Malchiel
Malchiel's name, meaning "my king is God," is a powerful declaration of faith and allegiance to God as the ultimate ruler and authority. It serves as a reminder of the sovereignty of God over the tribes of Israel and the importance of recognizing His lordship in all aspects of life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(17) Asher has four sons:

Numbers 26:44-45. 1Chronicles 7:30.

Jimnah,

Jimna,

Imnah,

Ishuah,

(omitted)

Isuah,

Isui, . . .

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 17. - And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, - "Prosperity" (Gesenius) - and Ishuah, - "Even, Level" (Gesenius) - and Isui, - "Even," "Level" (Gesenius): they may have been twins - and Beriah, - "Gift" (Gesenius), "In Evil" (Murphy) - and Serah - "Abundance" (Gesenius), "Over- flow" (Murphy) - their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, - "Fellowship" (Gesenius) - and Malchiel - "King of El" (Gesenius, Murphy), "My king is El" (Lange).

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

The sons
וּבְנֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Asher:
אָשֵׁ֗ר (’ā·šêr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 836: Asher -- 'happy one', a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, also perhaps a city in Palestine

Imnah,
יִמְנָ֧ה (yim·nāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3232: Imnah -- 'good fortune', two Israelites

Ishvah,
וְיִשְׁוָ֛ה (wə·yiš·wāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3438: Ishvah -- an Asherite

Ishvi,
וְיִשְׁוִ֥י (wə·yiš·wî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3440: Ishvi -- two Israelites

Beriah,
וּבְרִיעָ֖ה (ū·ḇə·rî·‘āh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1283: Beriah -- four Israelites

and their sister
אֲחֹתָ֑ם (’ă·ḥō·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

Serah.
וְשֶׂ֣רַח (wə·śe·raḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8294: Serah -- a daughter of Asher

The sons
וּבְנֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Beriah:
בְרִיעָ֔ה (ḇə·rî·‘āh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1283: Beriah -- four Israelites

Heber
חֶ֖בֶר (ḥe·ḇer)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2268: Heber -- a Kenite, also several Israelites

and Malchiel.
וּמַלְכִּיאֵֽל׃ (ū·mal·kî·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4439: Malchiel -- 'my king is El', an Asherite

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