22 Their father Ephraim grieved a long time and his family gathered to give him comfort. 23 Then he slept with his wife again. She conceived and produced a son. He named him Beriah (Unlucky), because of the bad luck that had come to his family. 24 His daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah. 25 Rephah was Ephraim's son and also Resheph; Telah was his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son, and Joshua his son. 28 They occupied Bethel and the neighboring country from Naaran on the east to Gezer and its villages on the west, along with Shechem and its villages, and extending as far as Ayyah and its villages. 29 Stretched along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their satellite villages. The families descended from Joseph son of Israel lived in all these places.
30 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; Serah was their sister. 31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel, who had Birzaith. 32 Heber had Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33 Japhlet had Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. 34 His brother Shomer had Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram. 35 His brother Helem had Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 Zophah had Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 Jether had Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. 39 Ulla had Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 These were Asher's sons, all of them responsible, excellent in character, and brave in battle - good leaders. They listed 26,000 combat-ready men in their family tree.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 7:22-44
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Genealogies.
Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Revelation 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the true God, for any creature object.