Genesis 49:20

Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

In Context

19Then Jacob continued telling his sons what would happen in the future. He said, “Gad, your tribe/descendants will be attacked by a group of bandits, but your tribe/descendants will pursue and attack them [MTY].

21Naphtali, your descendants will be like deer [MET] that are ◄free to/not tied down and can► run wherever they wish. They will give birth to children who are good-looking like ◄fawns/baby deer► [MET].

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Cross References

Genesis 30:13Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, which means ‘happy.’

Deuteronomy 33:24“ say this about the tribe of Asher: May Yahweh bless the descendants of Asher more than he will bless the other tribes. May he favor Asher’s descendants most of all. I desire/hope that their land will be filled with olive trees that will produce a lot of [IDM] olives to make olive oil.

Joshua 19:31Those cities and villages were within the land that was allotted to the clans of the tribe of Asher.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:14-22

13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. 14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 I… Read the whole commentary →

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