Ishui

The name Ishui (rendered Ishvi in the UPDV, also Ishuai, Isui, and Jesui in older versions) belongs to two unrelated men in the Hebrew Bible: a son of Asher in the patriarchal genealogies, and a son of King Saul.

Son Of Asher

The first Ishvi appears in the list of those who went down with Jacob to Egypt. "And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and their sister Serah; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel" (Gen 46:17). The same line is preserved in the wilderness census, with a clan named after him: "The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites" (Num 26:44). The Chronicler repeats the order without expansion: "The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister" (1Chr 7:30).

Son Of Saul

A second Ishvi appears in the household of Saul. "Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal" (1Sam 14:49). Apart from the listing here, no narrative attaches to him.