Genesis 30:12-13

30:12 Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son. ¹  30:13 Leah said, “How happy I am, ²  for women ³  will call me happy!” So she named him Asher. ⁴ 

Genesis 46:27

46:27 Counting the two sons ⁵  of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy. ⁶ 

Genesis 49:20

49:20 Asher’s ⁷  food will be rich, ⁸ 

and he will provide delicacies ⁹  to royalty.

[30:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and Zilpah, the servant of Leah, bore a second son for Jacob.”

[30:13]  ² tn The Hebrew statement apparently means “with my happiness.”

[30:13]  ³ tn Heb “daughters.”

[30:13]  ⁴ sn The name Asher (אָשֶׁר, ’asher) apparently means “happy one.” The name plays on the words used in the statement which appears earlier in the verse. Both the Hebrew noun and verb translated “happy” and “call me happy,” respectively, are derived from the same root as the name Asher.

[46:27]  ⁵ tn The LXX reads “nine sons,” probably counting the grandsons of Joseph born to Ephraim and Manasseh (cf. 1 Chr 7:14-20).

[46:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two people; all the people belonging to the house of Jacob who came to Egypt were seventy.”

[49:20]  ⁷ tc Heb “from Asher,” but the initial mem (מ) of the MT should probably be moved to the end of the preceding verse and taken as a plural ending on “heel.”

[49:20]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew word translated “rich,” when applied to products of the ground, means abundant in quantity and quality.

[49:20]  ⁹ tn The word translated “delicacies” refers to foods that were delightful, the kind fit for a king.