Genesis 49:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 30:13 : 13 And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.
Deut 33:24-25 : 24 And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children; Let him be acceptable unto his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Josh 19:24-31 : 24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 26 and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; 27 and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand, 28 and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Sidon; 29 and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea by the region of Achzib; 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Gen 46:17 : 17 And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 33:23-25
3 verses
79%
23And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full with the blessing of Jehovah, Possess thou the west and the south.
24And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children; Let him be acceptable unto his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil.
25Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Ezek 48:2-3
2 verses
72%
2And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher, one [portion].
3And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali, one [portion].
Gen 49:19
72%
19Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.
Gen 30:13
71%
13And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.
Josh 19:31
70%
31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Num 1:40-41
2 verses
68%
40Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
41those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
Josh 19:24
68%
24And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
Gen 49:21
68%
21Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.
Exod 1:4
67%
4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Num 26:46-47
2 verses
67%
46And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
47These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Gen 46:17
67%
17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
Deut 33:18-20
3 verses
66%
18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; And, Issachar, in thy tents.
19They shall call the peoples unto the mountain; There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness: For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.
20And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.
1 Chr 7:40
65%
40All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.
1 Chr 12:36
65%
36And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
Judg 1:31-32
2 verses
65%
31Asher drove not out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
32but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
Num 34:27
65%
27And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
1 Chr 6:74
65%
74and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs,
Josh 21:30
64%
30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
Isa 7:22
64%
22and it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.
Gen 49:14-15
2 verses
64%
14Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:
15And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.
Gen 35:26
64%
26and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.
1 Chr 12:40
64%
40Moreover they that were nigh unto them, [even] as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.
Deut 32:13-14
2 verses
64%
13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;
14Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.
1 Chr 2:2
63%
2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Deut 28:5
63%
5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
Neh 9:25
63%
25And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit - trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Num 1:13
63%
13Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
2 Sam 17:29
63%
29and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
Gen 27:39
63%
39And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;
Ps 132:15
63%
15I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Josh 17:10
63%
10southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.
Job 20:17
63%
17He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
Ps 78:29
63%
29So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.
Job 36:16
63%
16Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
Isa 33:16
63%
16He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given [him]; his waters shall be sure.
Isa 30:23
63%
23And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;
1 Chr 7:30
63%
30The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
Gen 27:31
62%
31And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.