Genesis 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Genesis 30:13 in other translations
| BSB | Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher. |
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| WEB | Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher. |
| ASV | And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher. |
| YLT | and Leah saith, ‘Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher. |
| DARBY | And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher. |
| BBE | And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher. |
| Webster | And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. |
What does Genesis 30:13 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 30:1-13
Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbours and ourselves. She considered not that God made the difference, and that in other things she had the advantage. Let us carefully watch against all the risings and workings of this passion in our minds. Let not our eye be evil towards any of our fellow-servants, because our…
Genesis 30:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 30:13
- Luke 1:48
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
- Genesis 35:26
And 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 49:20
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
- Song of Solomon 6:9
My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
- Proverbs 31:28
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
- Genesis 46:17
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
- Deuteronomy 33:24-25
And 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. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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Context
- Genesis 30:12
And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
- Genesis 30:14
And 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.
Genesis 30:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo Lea: Para dicha mía; porque las mujeres me dirán dichosa: y llamó su nombre Aser. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Léa dit: Pour mon bonheur! car les filles me diront bienheureuse. Et elle appela son nom Aser. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da sprach Lea: Zu meiner Glückseligkeit! Denn glückselig preisen mich die Töchter. Und sie gab ihm den Namen Aser. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixitque Lia: Hoc pro beatitudine mea: beatam quippe me dicent mulieres: propterea appellavit eum Aser. |