Leah said, ‘I am happy that the women call me happy,’ so she named him Asher.
Luke 1:48 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised because he has looked with favour on the humble condition of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: For, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For He has looked upon the low station and humiliation of His handmaiden. For behold, from now on all generations [of all ages] will call me blessed and declare me happy and to be envied! American Standard Version (1901) For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Common English Bible He has looked with favor on the low status of his servant. Look! From now on, everyone will consider me highly favored Catholic Public Domain Version For he has looked with favor on the humility of his handmaid. For behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. |
Leah said, ‘I am happy that the women call me happy,’ so she named him Asher.
‘So now this is what you are to say to my servant David: “This is what the Lord of Armies says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.
My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will look favourably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at my word.
‘Then all the nations will consider you fortunate, for you will be a delightful land,’ says the Lord of Armies.
And the angel came to her and said, ‘Greetings, favoured woman! The Lord is with you.’
Then she exclaimed with a loud cry, ‘Blessed are you among women, and your child will be blessed!
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfil what he has spoken to her! ’
because the Mighty One has done great things for me, and his name is holy.
As he was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, ‘Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that fed you! ’
Making a vow, she pleaded, ‘Lord of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction, remember and not forget me, and give your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.’ ,
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the rubbish heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honour. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; he has set the world on them.