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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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Gen. 30:13• 13And Leah said, With my happiness; for the daughters will call me happy! and she called his name Asher . (Gen. 30:13)
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Gen. 46:17• 17and the sons of Asher, Jimnah and Ishvah and Ishvi 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,{HR}Asher, blessed among sons,{HR}Let him be acceptable to his brethren,{HR}And dip his foot in oil:
25Thy shoes iron and copper;{HR}And thy strength as thy days.
(Deut. 33:24‑25)
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Josh. 19:24‑31• 24{i}And the fifth lot came forth for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.{/i}
25{i}And their territory was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Acshaph,{/i}
26{i}and Allammelech, and Amead, and Mishal; and the border reached to Carmel westwards, and to Shihor-libnath,{/i}
27{i}and turned towards the sun-rising to Beth-Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel, and went out to Cabul on the left,{/i}
28{i}and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, as far as great Zidon;{/i}
29{i}and the border turned to Ramah, and as far as the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and ended at the sea by the tract of country of Achzib;{/i}
30{i}and Ummah, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities and their hamlets.{/i}
31{i}This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities and their hamlets.{/i}
(Josh. 19:24‑31)
 Future History of the Nation. Asher.-The earth yielding its increase to victorious Israel. (article #93512)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Out of Asher his bread [shall be] fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.