Saturday, January 17, 2026

Genesis 46:17

 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.


a. 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.  [New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.]


b. NKJV: The sons of Asher were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.  [Scripture quotations marked "NKJV" are taken from the New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.]


c. Amplified Bible: The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.  [AMPLIFIED BIBLE 2015 AMP Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631. All rights reserved.]


d. Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah; and Beriah’s sons, Heber, and Malchiel.  [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE CHUMASH Copyright 1998, 2000 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ldt.]


e. ESV:  The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]


f. Unless otherwise stated, all Greek and Hebrew definitions are from Blue Letter Bible


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


a. [And the] sons [Strong: 1121 bên, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.):—afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, × in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, rebel, + robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, + spark, steward, + stranger, × surely, them of, + tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]


b. [of] Asher [Strong: 836 ʼÂshêr, aw-share'; from H833, happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine:—Asher]


c. Jimnah [Strong: 3232 Yimnâh, yim-naw'; from H3231; prosperity (as betokened by the right hand); Jimnah, the name of two Israelites; also (with the article) of the posterity of one of them:—Imna, Imnah, Jimnah, Jimnites.]


d. [and] Ishuah [Strong: 3438 Yishvâh, yish-vaw'; from H7737; he will level; Jishvah, an Israelite:—Ishvah, Isvah.]


e. [and] Isui [Strong: 3440 Yishvîy, yish-vee'; from H7737; level; Jishvi, the name of two Israelites:—Ishuai, Ishvi, Isui, Jesui.]


f. [and] Beriah [Strong: 1283 Bᵉrîyʻâh, ber-ee'-aw; apparently from the feminine of H7451 with a prepositional prefix; in trouble; Beriah, the name of four Israelites:—Beriah.]


g. [and] Serah [Strong: 8294 Serach, seh'-rakh; by permutation for H5629; superfluity; Serach, an Israelitess:—Sarah, Serah.]


h. [their] sister [Strong: 269 ʼâchôwth, aw-khoth'; irregular feminine of H251; a sister (used very widely [like H251 number H250, corrected to H251], literally and figuratively):—(an-) other, sister, together.]

i. [and the] sons [Strong: 1121 bên, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.):—afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, × in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, rebel, + robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, + spark, steward, + stranger, × surely, them of, + tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]


j. [of] Beriah [Strong: 1283 Bᵉrîyʻâh, ber-ee'-aw; apparently from the feminine of H7451 with a prepositional prefix; in trouble; Beriah, the name of four Israelites:—Beriah.]


k. Heber [Strong: 2268 Cheber, kheh'-ber; the same as H2267; community; Cheber, the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites:—Heber.]


l. [and] Malchiel [Strong: 4439 Malkîyʼêl, mal-kee-ale'; from H4428 and H410; king of (i.e. appointed by) God; Malkiel, an Israelite:—Malchiel.]


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