Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat. [Considering mem (m), as we have done, as connected with the last word in the previous verse, we render this clause-Asher, fatness shall be his bread - i:e., the rich soil of his settlement shall supply him with plenty of food. But many writers prefer the text as it stands, though they differ among themselves as to the meaning it beats. Kalisch has, 'Of Asher the bread shall be fat.' Ewald, regarding min (H4480) as the sign of the comparative degree, and shªmeenaah (H8082) an adjective, renders, 'His food is too rich (abundant) for Asher,' and therefore he will dispose of his surplus produce to others.]
And he shall yield royal dainties - or delicacies fit for the table of a king. The Septuagint has: kai autos doosei trufeen archousi, he shall furnish luxuries to rulers-namely, wheat from his field, oil and wine from his olive and vine yards, milk and butter from his pastures (cf. Deuteronomy 33:24-25; also 1 Kings 5:11). The bread in this district is the finest and the best in Palestine (Bovet, 'Voyage en Terre Sainte,' p. 436).