Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.
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Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.
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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 happy.' And she called his name Asher.
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Passages linked to Genesis 30:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 1:48 for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
- Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
- Genesis 49:20 “Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
- Proverbs 31:28 Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:
- Song of Solomon 6:9 My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.
- Genesis 46:17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
- Deuteronomy 33:24-25 About Asher he said, “Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil. Your bars will be iron and bronze. As your days, so your strength will be.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for…
Gen 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Ver. 13. For the daughters will call me blessed.] This phrase the Virgin Mary maketh use of, {Luk 1:48} as she doth also of various other Scripture phrases, in that holy song of hers: which showeth that she was very well versed in the Book of God.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The daughters of men, i.e. women, as Pro 31:29;…
The daughters of men, i.e. women, as Pro 31:29; Son 6:9.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Jacob came out of the field in the…
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening,.... From feeding his flocks:
and Leah went out to meet him; knowing full well the time he used to come home:
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and said, thou must come in unto me; into her tent, for the women had separate tents from the men; as Sarah from Abraham; and so these wives of Jacob had not only tents separate from his, but from one another:
for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes: that is, she had hired that night's lodging with him of Rachel, with the mandrakes her son Reuben had brought out of the field. Jacob made no objection to it; but consented, being willing to please both his wives, who he perceived had made this agreement between themselves:
and he lay with her that night; and that only, for the present: for, by the way of speaking, it looks as if he did not continue with her more nights together at that time, but went, as before that evening, to Rachel's tent.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. And Leah said, Happy am I] באשרי…
Verse 13. And Leah said, Happy am I] באשרי beoshri, in my happiness, therefore she called his name אשר asher, that is, blessedness or happiness.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Aser: happy. My servant has now had as many…
Aser: happy. My servant has now had as many sons as my sister (Menochius) and I have given them both names, indicating my great felicity and joy. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. Asher — Which means, blessed, happy. The words…
13. Asher — Which means, blessed, happy. The words happy, blessed, and Asher in this verse are all from the same Hebrew root.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. call me happy] Heb. asher, to call happy.…
13. call me happy] Heb. asher, to call happy. The “daughters” are probably the daughters of the land. Cf. Son_6:9, “the daughters saw her and called her blessed”; cf. Luk_1:48. These two Hebrew traditional etymologies do not exclude the possibility that the names of Asher and Gad may have been drawn from the names of primitive gods of prosperity. Asher, or Aseru, appears in Egyptian inscriptions of the time of Rameses II (14th cent. b.c.) as the name of a district in N. W. Palestine.
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