King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 7:30 Mean?
“The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.”
Context
28
And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: towns: Heb. daughters unto Gaza: or, Adassa
29
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. towns: Heb. daughters
30
The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
31
And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
32
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers**THE TRIBE OF ASHER** (1Chronicles 7:30-40).
(30, 31) **The sons of Asher; Imnah**. . . . **Malchiel.**—This is a literal transcript of Genesis 46:17. Comp. also Numbers 26:44-46, where the clan (*mishpahath*) of each eponym is assigned; but the name of Isaah (Heb., *Yishwāh*) does not appear.
**Beriah.**—Also the name of an Ephraimitic stock (1Chronicles 7:23). Malchiel is called the “father (chief or founder) of Birzavith” only here. The Heb. margin has Birzayith, perhaps “well of olive” (*be-er zayith*)*;* the text, Berazôth or Barzûth. It is probably the name of a place.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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