1 Chronicles 7:30

Asher’s line

30 Asher's family: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

1 Chronicles 7:30 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 30,31. The son of Asher
Which, and his two grandsons born before Jacob went down to Egypt, are here reckoned as in ( Genesis 46:17 ) only it is here added Malchiel his second grandson,

who is the father of Birzavith;
which Jarchi interprets, prince of a city of this name, which signifies pure oil; which it might have from the abundance of olives about it, Asher being a tribe which abounded with them, see ( Deuteronomy 33:24 ) though some of the Rabbins take it to be the name of a man, whose daughters, they say, as Jarchi observes, were very beautiful, having much oil to anoint with, and were married to kings and priests anointed with oil.

1 Chronicles 7:30 In-Context

28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns as far as Ayyah and its towns.

29 Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns were under Manassite authority. The family of Joseph, Israel's son, lived in them.

30 Asher's family: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

31 Beriah's family: Heber and Malchiel, who was Birzaith's father.

32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua.