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

11Leah said, ‘This is very good.’ She called the boy Gad. 12Leah's servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son. Leah said, ‘I am very happy! Women will call me happy.’ So she called this boy Asher. 14It was the time for the harvest of wheat. Reuben went out and he found some mandrake plants in a field. He took them to his mother, Leah. Rachel said to Leah, ‘Please give me some of the mandrakes that your son gave to you.’ 15But Leah said to Rachel, ‘You took my husband from me. That was bad enough! Now you want to take my son's mandrakes too!’ Rachel said, ‘OK. If you give me some of your son's mandrakes, Jacob can sleep with you tonight.’

Genesis 30:13 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Leahלֵאָהlê'âh · LeahH3812
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Happy am Iאֹ֫שֶׁר'ôsher · happyH837
• for the daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• will call me blessedאָשַׁר'âshar 'âshêr · to blessH833
• and she calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Asherאָשֵׁר'âshêr · AsherH836

Cross-references for Genesis 30:13

• Proverbs 31:28Her children all agree to thank her. Her husband also praises her.
• Luke 1:48I know that I am not an important person. God knows this, and he has been kind to me. Listen! From now on, all people will say that God has made me happy.
• Genesis 35:26The sons of Leah's servant, Zilpah, were Gad and Asher. Those were Jacob's sons who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
• Genesis 46:17The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel.
• Genesis 49:20Asher will have much good food. It will be good enough for kings to eat.
• Deuteronomy 33:24I pray this for the tribe of Asher: May the Lord bless Asher's tribe more than the other tribes. May their brothers be pleased with them. May Asher's people be rich enough to wash their feet in olive 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