1 Chronicles 7:30-40
Expanded Bible
Asher’s Children
30 Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.
31 Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was Birzaith’s father.
32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua.
33 Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. They were Japhlet’s children.
34 Japhlet’s brother was ·Shemer [or Shomer; v. 32]. Shemer’s sons were Rohgah, ·Hubbah [or Jachbah; C the text says Jachbah; the marginal reading has Hubbah], and Aram.
35 Shemer’s brother was ·Helem [or Hotham; v. 32]. Helem’s sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
36 Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran [C perhaps another name for Jether; v. 38], and Beera.
38 Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
39 Ulla’s sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
40 All these men were descendants of Asher and leaders of their ·families [clans]. They were ·powerful warriors [L mighty men of valor] and ·outstanding leaders [chief of princes]. Their ·family history [genealogical record] lists that they had twenty-six thousand soldiers ready to ·serve in [go to war with] the army.
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1 Chronicles 7:30-40
New American Standard Bible
Descendants of Asher
30 (A)The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah was their sister. 31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. 32 Heber fathered Japhlet, [a]Shomer, and Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. 34 The sons of [b]Shemer were Ahi and Rohgah, and Jehubbah and Aram. 35 The [c]sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice, valiant mighty men, and heads of the leaders. And the number of them registered by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
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- 1 Chronicles 7:32 In v 34, Shemer
- 1 Chronicles 7:34 In v 32, Shomer
- 1 Chronicles 7:35 Lit son
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