Genesis 30:13
And Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Aser.
Brenton Septuagint
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 Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
Cross References
Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zelpha, the hand-maid of Lea; Gad and Aser. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.
Genesis 49:20Aser, his bread shall be fat; and he shall yield dainties to princes.
Proverbs 31:28And her kindness to them sets up her children for them, and they grow rich, and her husband praises her.
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 →