The children of Asher, Yimna, Yishvah, Yishvi, Beriah and Serach their sister, who was carried away while alive into the Garden (of Eden), because she had announced to Jakob that Joseph still lived. It was she who saved the inhabitants of (the city) Abel from the judgment of death, in the days of Joab. The sons of Beriah who went down into Mizraim were Heber and Malkiel.
The Death Of Serah Bat Asher
Targum Jonathan on Genesis 46:17
Themes
Original Sources
- Targum Pseudo-Yonathan on Genesis 46:17
- Sefer ha-Yashar 110a
- B. Sota 13a
- Alpha Beta de-Ben Sira 28a
- Derekh Eretz Zuta 1
- Zohar 3:167a-b