Genesis 30:13

And Leah said ,.... Upon the birth of the second son by her maid:

happy am I ; or, "in my happiness"; or, "for my happiness" F3 באשרי "in felicitate mea", Montanus; "ob beatitatem meam", Drusius; "hoc pro beatitudine men", V. L. "pro beatitudine mihi est", Schmidt. ; 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 Psalm 127:5 ,

and she called his name Asher , which signifies "happy" or "blessed". These two sons of Zilpah, according to the Jewish writers F4 Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 4. 1. , 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.