Genesis 30:13

And Leah said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Asher.

Updated 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 Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.

14And Reuben went in the day of barley harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah; and Rachel said to Leah her sister, Give me of thy son’s mandrakes.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zilpah, the handmaid of Leah; Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.

Genesis 49:20Asher, his bread shall be fat; 1 And he shall yield dainties to princes. 1

Proverbs 31:28And her kindness to them sets up her children for them, and they grow rich, 1 And her husband praises her. 1

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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