Genesis 30:13

Leah [Weary] said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher [Happy]. (4)

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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

12Zilpah [Frailty], Leah [Weary]’s servant, bore Jacob [Supplanter] a second son.

14Reuben [See, a son!] went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah [Weary]. Then Rachel [Ewe sheep] said to Leah [Weary], “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

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Cross References

Genesis 35:26The sons of Zilpah [Frailty] (Leah [Weary]’s servant): Gad [Good fortune] and Asher [Happy]. These are the sons of Jacob [Supplanter], who were born to him in Paddan Aram [Elevated].

Genesis 49:20“Asher [Happy]’s food will be rich. 2 He will produce royal dainties. 1

Proverbs 31:28ק (Rise up) Her children rise up and call her blessed. 2 Her husband too, as he praises her: 1

Luke 1:48for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. + 1:48. Quoted from 1 Sam 1:11 1 For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed. 2

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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