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
Genesis 30:12-14
New King James Version
12 And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters (A)will call me blessed.” So she called his name [a]Asher.
14 Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, (B)“Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
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- Genesis 30:13 Lit. Happy
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