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Zilpah bears Asher, and Leah says the daughters will call her happy.
GEN.30.13

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. {Happy...: Heb. In my happiness} {Asher: that is, Happy}

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Asher

Asher was Zilpah's second son, and Leah named him 'happy'. Jacob promised that his bread would be fat and that he would yield royal dainties, and Moses said he would dip his foot in oil. His tribe took the fertile coast north of Carmel, a country of olives and grain.

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Journey Timeline

  1. Birthc. 1914 BC

    Haran

    Zilpah bears Asher, and Leah says the daughters will call her happy.

    GEN 30:13

  2. Into Egyptc. 1876 BC

    Egypt

    Asher goes down into Egypt with four sons and a daughter, Serah.

    GEN 46:17

  3. Jacob's blessingc. 1859 BC

    Egypt

    Jacob promises his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

    GEN 49:20

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