Bible Characters & Character Studies
Beriah
First appears at Genesis 46:17
First named in Scripture at Genesis 46:17 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
a gift, or in evil. (1.) One of Asher’s four sons, and father of Heber (Genesis 46:17). (2.) 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. (3.) A Benjamite who with his brother Shema founded Ajalon and expelled the Gittites (1 Chronicles 8:13).
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
