Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 46:17
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
17. Ishvi ] This name, omitted in Num., is probably due to the erroneous repetition of “Ishvah.”
Serah their sister ] Notice the solitary mention of a female descendant in the younger generation.
Heber, and Malchiel ] It is tempting to compare eber = “confederate” (1Ch 4:18), with the abiri, and Malchiel with Milkili, the name of a prince of Southern Canaan in the Tel-el-Amarna tablets.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And 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, Nu 26:46, and by the Septuagint here. She seems to have been a person of some note, being so particularly remarked in both places:
and the sons of Beriah, Heber and Malchiel; this Beriah seems to be the youngest son of Asher, and yet had two sons; who, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, went down into Egypt; he must marry, and have sons when very young; the thing is not impossible: [See comments on Ge 46:12];
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(17) Asher has four sons:
Num. 26:44-45. 1Ch. 7:30.
Jimnah,
Jimna,
Imnah,
Ishuah,
(omitted)
Isuah,
Isui,
Jesui,
Ishuai,
Beriah.
Beriah.
Beriah.
The sister is everywhere Serach, though called Serah here, and Sarah in Numbers. The three documents all agree in the names of Heber and Malchiel, sons of Beriah.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Asher: Gen 30:13, Gen 35:26, Gen 49:20, Num 1:13, Num 1:40, Num 1:41, Num 26:44-46, Deu 33:24, 1Ch 2:2, 1Ch 7:30-40
Reciprocal: Exo 1:4 – Asher Num 26:46 – Sarah 1Ch 4:18 – Heber 1Ch 5:13 – Zia