Genesis 30:13

And Leah said, B'Ashri (Happy am I), for the banot will call me asher (blessed): so she called shmo Asher.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 shifchat Leah bore Ya'akov ben sheni.

14And Reuven went in the yemei ketzir chittim, and found duda'im (mandrakes) in the sadeh, and brought them unto Leah immo. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, now, of the duda'im of thy ben.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:26And the Bnei Zilpah shifchat Leah: Gad, and Asher; these are the Bnei Ya'akov, which were born to him in Paddan-Aram.

Genesis 49:20Out of Asher his lechem shall be rich, 1 and he shall yield royal dainties. 1

Proverbs 31:28Her banim rise up, and call her blessed; 1 her ba'al (husband) also, and he praiseth her. 1

Luke 1:48For HASHEM VISHAFAL YIREH + 1:48 Ps 138:6 looked upon the humble state of His shifcha (bond maid), for from now on KOL HADOROT ISHRUNI + 1:48 Gn 30:13 (all generations will call me happy),

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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