KJV King James Version
And 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.
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Deuteronomy 33:24
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.
WEB World English Bible
Of Asher he said, “Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And of Asher he said:—Blessed with sons is Asher, Let him be accepted by his brethren, And dipping in oil his foot.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 33
21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
22 And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
24 And 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.
25 Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].
26 [There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
27 The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].
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וּלְאָשֵׁ֣רH836 · a.sherAsherאָמַ֔רH559 · a.marto sayבָּר֥וּךְH1288 · ba.rakhto blessמִבָּנִ֖יםH1121 · benson: childאָשֵׁ֑רH836 · a.sherAsherיְהִ֤יH1961 · ha.yahto beרְצוּי֙H7521 · ra.tsahto acceptאֶחָ֔יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingוְטֹבֵ֥לH2881 · ta.valto dipבַּשֶּׁ֖מֶןH8081 · she.menoilרַגְלֽוֹ׃H7272 · re.gelfoot
Cross-references
Genesis 49:20Out of Asher his bread [shall be] fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.Job 29:6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;Proverbs 3:3-4Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:Romans 14:18For he that in these things serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men.Psalm 128:6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, [and] peace upon Israel.Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.Psalm 128:3Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.Exodus 12:10And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.Psalm 115:15Ye [are] blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.Romans 15:31That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which [I have] for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
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