Genesis 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.
Bible in Basic English
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 servant, gave birth to a second son.
Cross References
Genesis 35:26The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher; these are the sons whom Jacob had in Paddan-aram.
Genesis 49:20Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings.
Proverbs 31:28Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,
Luke 1:48For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.
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 →