Genesis 30:13

What does Genesis 30:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 30:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher.

Context

v.12And Zilpah Leah’s handmaid bare Jacob a second son.

v.13This passage

v.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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 49:20

    Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.

  • Luke 1:48

    For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

  • Proverbs 31:28

    Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying:

  • 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 called her blessed; Yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

  • Genesis 35:26

    and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.

  • Genesis 46:17

    And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.

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