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Asher

Portrait of Asher

Asher was a son of Jacob born to Zilpah, the handmaid of Leah, who named him Asher. He is listed among the sons of Jacob as one of the sons of Zilpah. Asher went forth with Levi and Dan on the east side of the tower and they slew the fighting men of Moab and Ammon. His sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah.

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Asher in Jubilees 28

The Book of Jubilees 28:21

And he went in again unto her, and she conceived, and bare him a second son, and Leah called his name Asher, on the seco...

A21nd he went in again unto her, and she conceived, and bare him a second son, and Leah called his name Asher, on the second of the eleventh month, in the fifth year of the fourth week. 2133 A.M.

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Asher in Jubilees 33

The Book of Jubilees 33:22

And these were the names of the sons of Jacob: the first-born Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulon, the sons o...

A22nd these were the names of the sons of Jacob: the first-born Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulon, the sons of Leah; and the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin; and the sons of Bilhah, Dan and Naphtali; and the sons of Zilpah, Gad and Asher; and Dinah, the daughter of Leah, the only daughter of Jacob.

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Asher in Jubilees 38

The Book of Jubilees 38:6

And Levi and Dan and Asher went forth on the east side of the tower, and fifty (men) with them, and they slew the fighti...

A6nd Levi and Dan and Asher went forth on the east side of the tower, and fifty (men) with them, and they slew the fighting men of Moab and Ammon.

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