Asher
Family: Jacob household · Role: son · First appears: Genesis 30
In Genesis 30, Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, Asher: “And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.” In Genesis 35, Asher is named among Jacob’s sons and is connected as a sibling to Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, and Gad. In Genesis 46, he is the parent of Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah.
In Genesis 49, Jacob blessed Asher among his twelve sons and commanded them to bury him with his fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. In Exodus 1, Asher is named among the children of Israel alongside his siblings Dan and Naphtali. In Numbers 26, he is named as the parent of Sarah, Jimna, and Jesui. Before his death, Moses blessed the children of Israel, saying of Asher, “Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Zilpah is given to Jacob and bears him Gad and Asher.(Genesis 30)
- With: Zilpah Jacob Gad
- “When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 30:10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. 30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 30:12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son. 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.”
- Jacob blesses all twelve sons according to their individual blessings.(Genesis 49)
- Moses blessed the children of Israel before his death.(Deuteronomy 33)
Genesis 30
- parent: Zilpah “And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.”
- parent: Jacob “And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.”
Genesis 35
- siblings with Reuben “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Simeon “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Levi “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Judah “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Issachar “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Zebulun “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Joseph “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Benjamin “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
- siblings with Gad “And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad, and Asher:”
Genesis 46
- child: Jimnah “And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister:”
- child: Ishuah “And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister:”
- child: Isui “And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister:”
- child: Beriah “And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister:”
- child: Serah “And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister:”
Genesis 49
- blesser: Jacob “All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.”
- commander: Jacob “And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,”
Exodus 1
- parent: Jacob “And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.”
- siblings with Dan “Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.”
- siblings with Naphtali “Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.”
- siblings with Gad “Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.”
Numbers 26
- child: Sarah “And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.”
- child: Jimna “Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites”
- child: Jesui “of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites”
Deuteronomy 33
- blesser: Moses “And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.