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Genesis 49

Gen. 49:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Out of Asher
'Asher (Hebrew #836)
Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Asher
Pronounce: aw-share'
Origin: from 833, happy
his bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
shall be fat
shamen (Hebrew #8082)
greasy, i.e. gross; figuratively, rich
KJV usage: fat, lusty, plenteous.
Pronounce: shaw-mane'
Origin: from 8080
, and he shall yield
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
royal
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
dainties
ma`adan (Hebrew #4574)
from 5727; a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully)
KJV usage: dainty, delicately, delight.
Pronounce: mah-ad-awn'
Origin: or (feminine) maadannah {mah-ad-an-naw'}
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More on:

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Asher; Aser,
Bread,
Fat

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 30:13• 13And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. (Gen. 30:13)
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Gen. 46:17• 17And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. (Gen. 46:17)
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Deut. 33:24‑25• 24And 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.
 25Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. (Deut. 33:24‑25)
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Josh. 19:24‑31• 24And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
 25And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
 26And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
 27And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
 28And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
 29And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
 30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
 31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. (Josh. 19:24‑31)
• Future History of the Nation. Asher.-The earth yielding its increase to victorious Israel. (“Prophetic Blessings of Jacob and Moses: Genesis 49, Deuteronomy 33” by W. Scott)

J. N. Darby Translation

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