Genesis 30:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 30:13

11 Then Leah said,¹ “A troop comes!” So she called his name² Gad.

12 And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

13 Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters ^awill call me blessed.” So she called his name¹ 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, ^a“Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

15 But she said to her, ^a“Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?” And Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”

16 When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night.

17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

18 Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name¹ Issachar.

19 Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 30:13

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American Standard Version
And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.

Amplified® Bible
And Leah said, I am happy, for women will call me blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied); and she named him Asher [happy].

Contemporary English Version
Leah exclaimed, "I'm happy now, and all the women will say how happy I am." So she named him Asher.

Darby English Version
And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher.

Good News Bible
and Leah said, "How happy I am! Now women will call me happy"; so she named him Asher.

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

New American Standard Bible
Then Leah said, "Happy am I! For women will call me happy. So she named him Asher."

New International Version
Then Leah said, "How happy I am! The women will call me happy." So she named him Asher.

New King James Version
Then Leah said, “I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed.” So she called his name Asher.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Leah said, "Happy do I consider myself! For women will call me happy." So she named him Asher.

Revised Standard Version
And Leah said, "Happy am I! For the women will call me happy"; so she called his name Asher.

Young's Literal Translation
and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;' and she calleth his name Asher.

New English Translation
Leah said, “How happy I am,¹ for women² will call me happy!” So she named him Asher.³

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