Genesis 30:13

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

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And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

In Context

12And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, of your son's mandrakes.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

Genesis 49:20Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

Proverbs 31:28Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.

Luke 1:48For he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

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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