10 Then Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, (A)“Good fortune has come!” so she called his name (B)Gad.[a] 12 Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, “Happy am I! For women (C)have called me happy.” So she called his name Asher.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:11 Gad sounds like the Hebrew for good fortune
  2. Genesis 30:13 Asher sounds like the Hebrew for happy

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