John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 30:13

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Leah said, etc.] Upon the birth of the second son by her maid: happy am I; or, “in my happiness”; or, “for my happiness” f1490; 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 <19C705>Psalm 127:5): and she called his name Asher, which signifies “happy” or “blessed”. These two sons of Zilpah, according to the Jewish writers f1491, 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.

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