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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And Leah named him Asher, for she said, “What joy is mine! Now the other women will celebrate with me.”

Context of Genesis 30:13

11Then Leah said, “What good fortune!” So she named him Gad. 12Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher. 14During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” 15But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?” “Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”

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 arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
• Luke 1:48for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,
• Genesis 35:26The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, 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: Heber and Malkiel.
• Genesis 49:20“Asher’s food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.
• Deuteronomy 33:24About Asher he said: “Most blessed of sons is Asher; let him be favored by his brothers, and let him bathe his feet 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