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28 Their holdings and settlements included Bethel (house of God) and its villages, Naaran (juvenile) to the east, Gezer (portion) and its villages to the west, and Shechem (shoulder) and its villages as far as Ayyah (Ayyah) and its villages. 29 And along the borders of Manasseh (causing to forget) were Beth-shean (house of ease) (Beth-shan), Taanach (sandy), Megiddo (place of crowds), and Dor (generation), together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph (YHWH has added) son of Israel (he wrestles with God) lived in these towns. 30 The children of Asher (happy): Imnah (right hand), Ishvah (he will resemble), Ishvi (he resembles me), Beriah (with a friend), and their sister Serah (the prince breathed). 31 The sons of Beriah (with a friend): Heber (comrade), as well as Malchiel (my king is God), who was the father of Birzaith (in leanness). 32 Heber (comrade) was the father of Japhlet (he will deliver), Shomer (keeper), and Hotham (seal), and of their sister Shua (wealth). 33 The sons of Japhlet (he will deliver): Pasach (cut off), Bimhal (in circumcision), and Ashvath (sleek). These were Japhlet’s sons. 34 The sons of Shemer (preserved): Ahi (my brother), Rohgah (The sons of his brother Shemer: Rohgah), Hubbah (hidden), and Aram (exalted). 35 The sons of his brother Helem (Hotham): Zophah (a cruse), Imna (He will restrain), Shelesh (might), and Amal (labour). 36 The sons of Zophah (a cruse): Suah (sweeping), Harnepher (panting), Shual (jackal), Beri (a well), Imrah (bitterness), 37 Bezer (gold ore), Hod (splendor), Shamma (desert), Shilshah (strong), Ithran (Jether), and Beera (a well). 38 The sons of Jether (abundance): Jephunneh (He will be facing), Pispa (disappearance), and Ara (lion). 39 The sons of Ulla (yoke): Arah (traveller), Hanniel (favored of God), and Rizia (delight). 40 All these were the descendants of Asher (happy)—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000. 1 Chronicles 7:28-40, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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