Genesis 30:13
Leah said, “I am happy! For the daughters will call me happy.” So she called his name Asher.
Unlocked Literal 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
12Then Zilpah, Leah's servant, bore Jacob a second son.
Cross References
Genesis 35:26The sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant, were Gad and Asher. All these were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
Genesis 49:20Asher's food will be rich, 1 and he will provide royal delicacies. 2
Proverbs 31:28Her children rise up and call her blessed, 1 and her husband praises her, saying, 1
Luke 1:48For he has looked at the low condition of his female servant. 1 For see, from now on all generations will call me blessed. 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 →