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Genesis 30:12-14
Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 30:12-14
Christian Standard Bible
12 When Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, 13 Leah said, “I am happy that the women call me happy,”(A) so she named him Asher.[a]
14 Reuben went out during the wheat harvest and found some mandrakes in the field.(B) When he brought them to his mother Leah, Rachel asked, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
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- 30:13 = Happy
Genesis 30:12-14
New International Version
Genesis 30:12-14
New International Version
12 Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me(A) happy.”(B) So she named him Asher.[a](C)
14 During wheat harvest,(D) Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants,(E) which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
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- Genesis 30:13 Asher means happy.
Genesis 30:12-14
King James Version
Genesis 30:12-14
King James Version
12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
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.
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Genesis 30:12-14
English Standard Version
Genesis 30:12-14
English Standard Version
12 Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, “Happy am I! For women (A)have called me happy.” So she called his name Asher.[a]
14 In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found (B)mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.”
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- Genesis 30:13 Asher sounds like the Hebrew for happy
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