Person Old Testament
Ara
Ara was a descendant of Asher, mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Asher. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:38.
Why it matters. Son of Jether, descendant of Asher
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Ara
Ara is mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Asher, found in 1Chronicles 7. He is listed as one of the sons of Jether, who was a descendant of Asher through his son Beriah. The genealogy provides a record of the families and clans within the tribe of Asher, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Apart from this mention in the genealogical list, no further information is given about Ara in the biblical text.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Ithran
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)