Genesis 30:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 30:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān , Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y , Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād , Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād , “in victory or”...
Genesis 30:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24 . The Birth of Jacob's Children. This section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31-35 ; Genesis 30:9-13 is from J, Genesis 30:1-6 ; G...
Genesis 30:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Happy. Hebrew. be'ashri (happy). will call, &c. Hebrew. 'ishshruni (sure to call me). Asher. Hebrew. Asher (happy). Compare Deuteronomy 33:24 . Figure of speech Paronomasia.
Genesis 30:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. And Leah said, Happy am I-- באשרי beoshri, in my happiness, therefore she called his name אשר asher,...
Genesis 30:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. Asher - i:e., happy, blessed.
Genesis 30:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob's Children. His Stratagem to Increase his Property 1. Rachel envied her sister] To be childless was regarded as a great reproach: cp. Luke 1:25 . Fruitfulness meant an addition of strength...
Genesis 30:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 30:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sons Born to Jacob Genesis 30:1-24 The details of this paragraph are given with great minuteness, because they concern the twelve sons of Jacob, the forefathers of Israel. After all, history is...
Genesis 30:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In reading these stories we must never forget that we are looking at things as they were in that far-gone time and must make all necessary allowances for the imperfect light in which these people liv...
Genesis 30:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Asher signifies happy, blessed.
Genesis 30:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Leah said ,.... Upon the birth of the second son by her maid: happy am I ; or, "in my happiness"; or, "for my happiness" c; that is, this child is an addition to my happiness, and will serve t...
Genesis 30:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. Ver. 13. For the daughters will call me blessed. ] This phrase the Virgin Mary maketh use of, Luk...
Genesis 30:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RACHEL AND LEAH The fruitfulness of Leah moved Rachel to jealousy, then her demand to Jacob for children moves him to anger (vs.1-2). We may see a serious lesson in Rachel's w...
Genesis 30:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Increase of Jacob's Family. B. C. 1745. 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no chi...
Genesis 30:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The daughters of men, i.e. women, as Proverbs 31:29 Song of Solomon 6:9 .
Genesis 30:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing she took Zilpah her handmaid and gave her to Jacob for a wife. And Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son. And Leah said, “It is fortunate (gad)....
Genesis 30:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 30:1 . Give me children, or else I die.] Heb. “If none, I am a dead woman.” As to the raising up of seed, I shall be as good as dead. An old Jewish proverb says, “The chi...
Genesis 30:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:2 . Am I in God's stead. Rachel's impatience provoked Jacob's anger, because she asked of man whist was the prerogative of God to give. The rabbins remark here, that God keeps in his ow...
Genesis 30:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Rachel envied her sister. Rachel’s impatience I. IT WAS UNGODLY. 1. She was the victim of unholy passions. Envy and jealousy. 2. She took a despairing view of life. 3. She failed right...
Genesis 30:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 30:1 And when Rachel saw (apparently after, though probably before, the birth of Leah's fourth son) that she bare Jacob no children (literally, that she bare not to...
Genesis 30:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sons of Bilhah and Zilpah
Genesis 30:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 2257. B.C. 1747. Happy am I. Heb. In my happiness. Proverbs 31:28 Song of Solomon 6:9 Luke 1:48 and she. Genesis 35:26 Genesis 46:17 Genesis 49:20 Deuteronomy 33:24 Deuteronomy 33...

Genesis 30:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 30:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 30:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 30:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 30:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 30:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 30:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 30:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 30:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 30:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 30:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 30:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 30:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge