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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Ishvah (Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness)

A son of Asher who went down to Egypt with Jacob's family. Numbers leaves him out of Asher's clans, which may mean he founded no line.

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A son of Asher who went down to Egypt with Jacob's family. Numbers leaves him out of Asher's clans, which may mean he founded no line.

Who this is

Ishvah was a son of Asher who went down to Egypt with Jacob's family (Genesis 46:17; 1 Chronicles 7:30). He is absent from the later clan census of Asher in Numbers 26, which may mean he died without founding a family line.

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H3438

Where it appears
  • Genesis 46:17
  • 1 Chronicles 7:30

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