Genesis 30:13

And Leah said, Happy am I! For the daughters will call me happy. And she called his name Asher.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

In Context

12And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son.

14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

Genesis 49:20Out of the Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

Proverbs 31:28Her sons rise up, and call her blessed. Her husband [also], and he praises her.

Luke 1:48because he has looked upon the lowliness of his bondmaid. For behold, from henceforth all generations will regard me blessed,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:2-14

Increase of Jacob's Family. ( b. c. 1745.) 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →

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