Genesis 30:13
and Leah said, This is for my bless (ing), for all women shall say me blessed (or for all women shall say that I am blessed); therefore she called him Asher.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
12Also Zilpah childed another son,
Cross References
Genesis 35:26and the sons of Zilpah, [the] handmaid of Leah, were Gad, and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria. (and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s slave-girl, were Gad, and Asher. These were Jacob’s sons, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.)
Genesis 49:20Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall give delights to kings.
Proverbs 31:28Her sons rose up, and preached her most blessed; her husband rose (up), and praised her.
Luke 1:48For he hath beheld the meekness of his handmaid or the meekness of his handmaiden. For lo! (because) of this all generations shall say that I am blessed, [or Lo! forsooth of this (or because of this) all generations shall say 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 →