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

11And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 12And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son. And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. 14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes. 15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.

Genesis 30:13 word by word

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

• 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 up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
• Luke 1:48For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
• Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.
• Genesis 46:17And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
• Genesis 49:20Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
• Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him 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