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Encyclopedia > Beriah

Beriah, in the bible could refer to:


one of Asher's four sons, and father of Heber (Genesis 46:17). In the Book of Genesis, Asher (אָשֵׁר, Standard Hebrew Ašer, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĀšēr) is a son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the founder of the Tribe of Asher. ... See entry for Eber, (great-grandson of Noahs son Shem and the father of Peleg and Joktan, sometimes also known as Heber in English. ...


A son of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 7:20-23), born after the slaughter of his brothers, and so called by his father "because it went evil with his house" at that time. This entry incorporates text from the public domain Eastons Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. ...


A Benjamite who with his brother Shema founded Ajalon and expelled the Gittites (1 Chronicles 8:13).


Reference

  • Easton's Bible Dictionary:Beriah

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ELEVENTH GENERATION (1141 words)
Beriah Rice was a fourth generation descendant of Edmund Rice, born about 1594, and Thomasine Frost, born about 1599, who emigrated from England to Sudbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638.
Beriah Rice's will tells us that Mary was alive in 1763 as he leaves half of his property in Annapolis to her.
Beriah left a one half right to his farm "on the east side of the creek known as Bloody Bridge Creek..." for the space of six years "but at the expiration of said term the above mentioned half right (to the) farm shall be you son Timothy's hereafter...".
Tribe of Asher by Yair Davidiy (2764 words)
The sons of Asher correspond to the Tribes of the Lygian Vandals; Jimnah became the Omani, Isui the Heissi, and Beriah the Boreoi.
Beriah or Beria(g)h, son of Asher, gave his name to the people of Bergio who were reported by Jordanes in Scandinavia, to the Varag-Huns among the Khazars, to the Variag or Varangian-Vikings, to the Warings, to the Burgundians, and to the Brigantes.
Beriah, son of Asher, was found in the Burgundians, in the Brigantes, in the Varangian-Vikings, in the Bergio of Scandinavia, and in the Varachan-Huns amongst the Khazars.
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