1 Chronicles 7:28-38

28 Their possessions and habitations were Beit-El and the towns of it, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns of it; Shekhem also and the towns of it, to Azzah and the towns of it;

29 and by the borders of the children of Menashsheh, Beit-She'an and its towns, Ta`nakh and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the children of Yosef the son of Yisra'el.

30 The sons of Asher: Yimna, and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and Beri`ah, and Serach their sister.

31 The sons of Beri`ah: Hever, and Malki'el, who was the father of Birzaith.

32 Hever became the father of Yaflet, and Shomer, and Hotam, and Shu`a their sister.

33 The sons of Yaflet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and `Asvat. These are the children of Yaflet.

34 The sons of Shemer: Achi, and Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

35 The sons of Helem his brother: Tzofach, and Yimna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

36 The sons of Tzofach: Su'ach, and Harnefer, and Shual, and Ber, and Yimrah,

37 Betzer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Yitran, and Beera.

38 The sons of Yeter: Yefunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.

1 Chronicles 7:28-38 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 7

In this chapter are given the genealogies of the tribes of Issachar, 1Ch 7:1-5 of Benjamin, 1Ch 7:6-12 Naphtali, 1Ch 7:13, of Manasseh, 1Ch 7:14-19 of Ephraim, 1Ch 7:20-29 and of Asher, 1Ch 7:30-40, even of the chief men of them; and their numbers are reckoned as in the times of David. The tribes of Dan and Zebulun are omitted.