Genesis 30:13

Genesis 30:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Leah said, "Happy am I! For women have called me happy." So she called his name Asher.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed.” So she called his name Asher.

Context of Genesis 30:13

11Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad. 12When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher. 14Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” 15But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 30:13 word by word

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֔ה בְּאָשְׁרִ֕י כִּ֥י אִשְּׁר֖וּנִי בָּנ֑וֹת וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אָשֵֽׁר׃Read the interlinear

• Leahלֵאָהlê'âh · LeahH3812
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• How happy I amאֹ֫שֶׁר'ôsher · happyH837
• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the womenבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• call me happyאָשַׁר'âshar 'âshêr · to blessH833
• So she namedקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• himשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Asherאָשֵׁר'âshêr · AsherH836

Cross-references for Genesis 30:13

• Proverbs 31:28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
• Luke 1:48For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
• Genesis 35:26And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
• Genesis 46:17The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
• Genesis 49:20Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
• Deuteronomy 33:24And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.

Commentaries on Genesis 30:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13And Leah said, Happy am I - באשרי beoshri, in my happiness, therefore she called his name אשר asher, that is, blessedness or happiness.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-43Verses 1-43 - Jacob‘s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād “in victory or” =גד בא bā' gād “victory cometh.” גוּד gûd “press down.” גדוּד gedûd “troop.” 13. אשׁר 'ǎashēr Asher, “prosperity, happiness.” 18. ישׂשכר yı̂śāskār Jissakar, “reward.” The second Hebrew letter (ש s ) seems to have been merely a full mode of writing the word, instead of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-13Gad (meaning "fortune") was the name of a god associated with fortune. Asher (meaning "happy") was the name of a god associated with luck. These names show Leah's pagan background, but there is no indication she believed in these gods.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-241. Rachel envied her sister--The maternal relation confers a high degree of honor in the East, and the want of that status is felt as a stigma and deplored as a grievous calamity. Give me children, or else I die--either be reckoned as good as dead, or pine away from vexation. The intense anxiety of Hebrew women for children arose from the hope of giving birth to the promised seed. Rachel's conduct was sinful and contrasts unfavorably with that of Rebekah…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 30:13

• Asher
• Childlessness
• Emulation
• Family
• Jacob
• Leah
• Polygamy
• Women
• Zilpah

In the dictionaries

• Asher
• Leah
• Add
• Agate
• Barren
• Coming
• Concubine
• Gad
• Happy
• Reproach

Commentaries on Genesis 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings