(which probably means 'dove'). Asher's sons were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, and Beriah.

In rabbinical literature

Asher was the very one whose endeavor it had always been to reconcile the brothers--especially when they disputed which of them was destined to be the ancestor of the priests (Sifre Deuteronomy 355). In Asher 5 of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, Asher is regarded as the example of a virtuous man who, with singlemindedness,

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