13<\/strong>. call me happy<\/em> ] Heb. asher<\/em>, to call happy. The “daughters” are probably the daughters of the land. Cf. Son 6:9<\/span>, “the daughters saw her and called her blessed”; cf. Luk 1:48<\/span>. These two Hebrew traditional etymologies do not exclude the possibility that the names of Asher and Gad may have been drawn from the names of primitive gods of prosperity. Asher, or Aseru<\/em>, appears in Egyptian inscriptions of the time of Rameses II (14th cent. b.c.) as the name of a district in N. W. Palestine.<\/p>\n Verse 13<\/span>. And Leah said, Happy am I<\/B><\/I>] beoshri, in my<\/I> happiness<\/I>, therefore she called his name asher<\/I>, that is, blessedness<\/I> or happiness<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n The daughters<\/B> of men, i.e. women, as Pro 31:29<\/span>; Son 6:9<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n And Leah said<\/strong>,…. Upon the birth of the second son by her maid:<\/p>\n happy am I<\/strong>; or, “in my happiness”; or, “for my happiness” c; that is, this child is an addition to my happiness, and will serve to increase it: for the daughters will call me blessed; the women of the place where she lived would speak of her as a happy person, that had so many children of her own, and others by her maid; see Ps 127:5<\/span>:<\/p>\n and she called his name Asher<\/strong>, which signifies “happy” or “blessed”. These two sons of Zilpah, according to the Jewish writers d, were born, Gad on the tenth day of Marchesvan or October, and lived one hundred and twenty five years; and Asher on the twenty second day of Shebet or January, and lived one hundred and twenty three years.<\/p>\n c “in felicitate mea”, Montanus; “ob beatitatem meam”, Drusius; “hoc pro beatitudine men”, V. L. “pro beatitudine mihi est”, Schmidt. d Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 4. 1.<\/p>\n 13<\/strong>. <\/strong> Asher <\/strong> Which means, blessed, happy<\/em> .<\/em> <\/em> The words happy, blessed<\/strong>, and Asher <\/strong> in this verse are all from the same Hebrew root .<\/p>\n Asher signifies happy, blessed.<\/p>\n Gen 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.<\/p>\n Ver. 13. For the daughters will call me blessed.<\/strong> ] This phrase the Virgin Mary maketh use of, Luk 1:48 as she doth also of various other Scripture phrases, in that holy song of hers: which showeth that she was very well versed in the Book of God.<\/p>\n Happy. Hebrew. be’ashri (happy). <\/p>\n will call, &c. Hebrew. ‘ishshruni (sure to call me). <\/p>\n Asher. Hebrew. Asher (happy). Compare Deu 33:24. Figure of speech Paronomasia. <\/p>\n am 2257, bc 1747 <\/p>\n Happy am I: Heb. In my happiness, will call. Pro 31:28, Son 6:9, Luk 1:48 <\/p>\n and she: Gen 35:26, Gen 46:17, Gen 49:20, Deu 33:24, Deu 33:25 <\/p>\n Asher: that is, Happy <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 34:1 – the daughter Num 1:40 – General 2Sa 2:9 – Ashurites 1Ch 2:2 – Asher Eze 48:2 – Asher Luk 2:36 – Aser<\/p>\n And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. 13. call me happy ] Heb. asher, to call happy. The “daughters” are probably the daughters of the land. Cf. Son 6:9, “the daughters saw her and called her blessed”; cf. Luk 1:48. These two Hebrew … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 30:13”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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