Genesis 30:13
Then saide Lea: happy am I, for the daughters wyll call me blessed: and called his name Aser.
Bible (Bishops')
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 Zilpha Leas seruaunt bare Iacob an other sonne.
Cross References
Genesis 35:26And the sonnes of Zilpha Leas handmayde: Gad and Aser: These are the sonnes of Iacob which were borne him in Mesopotamia.
Genesis 49:20Out of the fat [lande] of Aser shalbe his bread, and he shall geue pleasures for a kyng.
Proverbs 31:28Her children arise vp & call her blessed: and her husbande shall make much of her.
Luke 1:48For he hath loked on the lowe degree of his handmayden: For loe, now from hencefoorth shal all generations call 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 →