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Asher and his four sons and daughter settled in Canaan. [6] On his deathbed, Jacob blessed Asher by saying that "his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties" (Gen. 49:20). [7] Moses said of Asher: "May Asher be blessed above other sons; may he be esteemed by his brothers; may he bathe his feet in olive oil." (Deuteronomy 33:24). [8]
The sons of Jacob were born in Padan-aram from different mothers, as follows: [4] The sons of Leah; Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; The sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin (Jacob's last) The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan and Naphtali; The sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad and Asher
Zilpah was given to Leah as a handmaid by Leah's father, Laban, upon Leah's marriage to Jacob (see Genesis 29:24, 46:18). According to the early rabbinical commentary Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer , Zilpah and Bilhah , the handmaids of Leah and Rachel , respectively, were actually daughters of Laban and one or more of his concubines. [ 3 ]
Asher then married Hadurah bat Abimael ben Heber ben Shem, the widow of Malkiel ben Elam ben Shem. Hadurah bore one daughter to Malkiel, whom he named Serach. After Malkiel died, the mother and daughter returned to the house of Abimael. Upon Asher's marriage to Hadurah, he adopted Serach and brought them to Canaan to live in the house of Jacob.
Asher remained a member of the new kingdom until Assyria conquered its territory in c. 723 BC and deported the population. From that time, tradition has counted the Tribe of Asher as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The New Testament describes Anna the prophetess and her father, Phanuel, as belonging to the Tribe of Asher. [11]
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