Asher
Role: son · First appears: The Birth Of Jacob's Children
Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, whom Leah named Asher, meaning “praise.” Asher later told Reuben’s brothers of Reuben’s disrespectful act; they broke relations with Reuben, and were not reconciled with Asher until Reuben confessed his transgression.
Relationship record
Life events
- Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, Asher.(The Birth Of Jacob's Children)
- Asher told Reuben's brothers about his act, and they broke relations with Reuben.(Joy And Sorrow In The House Of Jacob)
- With: Reuben
- “Reuben's brothers learned of his disrespectful act from Asher. He had found it out in one way or another, and had told it to his brethren, who ruptured their relations with him”
- Reuben confessed his transgression, and his brothers reconciled with Asher.(Joy And Sorrow In The House Of Jacob)
- With: Reuben
- “they did not become reconciled with Asher until Reuben himself confessed his transgression.”
The Birth Of Jacob's Children
- parent: Jacob “To Zilpah's second son Leah gave the name of Asher”
- parent: Zilpah “To Zilpah's second son Leah gave the name of Asher”
Joy And Sorrow In The House Of Jacob
- siblings with Reuben “Reuben's brothers learned of his disrespectful act from Asher.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.