KJV King James Version
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 46:17
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
WEB World English Bible
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Genesis 46
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These [be] the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, 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.
17 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.
20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבְנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childאָשֵׁ֗רH836 · a.sherAsherיִמְנָ֧הH3232 · yim.nahImnahוְיִשְׁוָ֛הH3438 · yish.vahIshvahוְיִשְׁוִ֥יH3440 · yish.viIshviוּבְרִיעָ֖הH1283 · be.ri.ahBeriahוְשֶׂ֣רַחH8294 · se.rachSerahאֲחֹתָ֑םH269 · a.chotsisterוּבְנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childבְרִיעָ֔הH1283 · be.ri.ahBeriahחֶ֖בֶרH2268 · che.verHeberוּמַלְכִּיאֵֽל׃H4439 · mal.ki.elMalchiel
Cross-references
Genesis 49:20Out of Asher his bread [shall be] fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.Genesis 30:13And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.1 Chronicles 7:30-40The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.1 Chronicles 2:2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.Deuteronomy 33:24And 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.Numbers 1:40-41Of 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;Numbers 1:13Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.Numbers 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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