Genesis 46:17
in Genesis 46The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in Genesis 46
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd the sons of Asher,.... Another son of Jacob by Leah's maid Zilpah, whose sons were: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; who is called Sarah, Num 26:46, and by the Septuagint here.
This site's exposition
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi
on Genesis 46:16-18
Gad and Asher are Zilpah's, and between them they bring sixteen, more than Rachel's fourteen. The list keeps saying who gave whom to whom, Zilpah to Leah and Bilhah to Rachel, both out of Laban's hand. Serah, Asher's daughter, is the second woman named in the roll.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch 7:14-20), born in Egypt, the two accounts coincide.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
THESE ARE THE SONS OF ZILPAH, etc. THE SONS OF RACHEL JACOB’s WIFE, etc. It is customary for Scripture to first enumerate the sons of the mistresses together, just as it said in the Seder Vayishlach Yaakov. Above,: 23-26.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָשֵׁ֗ר | ʾasher | Asher | H836 → | 43 times |
| יִמְנָ֧ה | yimnah | Imnah | H3232 → | |
| וְיִשְׁוָ֛ה | veyishvah | and Ishvah | H3438 → | |
| וְיִשְׁוִ֥י | veyishvi | and Ishvi | H3440 → | |
| וּבְרִיעָ֖ה | uveriah | and Beriah | H1283 → | |
| וְשֶׂ֣רַח | veserach | and Serah | H8294 → | |
| אֲחֹתָ֑ם | ʾachotam | sister their | H269 → | 114 times |
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בְרִיעָ֔ה | veriah | Beriah | H1283 → | |
| חֶ֖בֶר | chever | Heber | H2268 → | |
| וּמַלְכִּיאֵֽל׃ | umalkiel | and Malkiel | H4439 → |
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
אָשֵׁ֗רAsher
ʾasherH836 →43 times
יִמְנָ֧הImnah
yimnahH3232 →
וְיִשְׁוָ֛הand Ishvah
veyishvahH3438 →
וְיִשְׁוִ֥יand Ishvi
veyishviH3440 →
וּבְרִיעָ֖הand Beriah
uveriahH1283 →
וְשֶׂ֣רַחand Serah
veserachH8294 →
אֲחֹתָ֑םsister their
ʾachotamH269 →114 times
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
בְרִיעָ֔הBeriah
veriahH1283 →
חֶ֖בֶרHeber
cheverH2268 →
וּמַלְכִּיאֵֽל׃and Malkiel
umalkielH4439 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 49:20Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:24–25
And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.
- Genesis 30:13
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
- Joshua 19:24–31
The fifth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Asher:
- Deuteronomy 33:24–25
Through
Genesis 30:13Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
it leads to
- Luke 1:48
For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
- Proverbs 31:28
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
- Genesis 49:20
Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
- Song of Solomon 6:9
but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.
- Genesis 35:26
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.
- Luke 1:48
About Genesis
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.