Then Leah said, ‘How happy I am! The women will call me happy.’ So she named him Asher.
Luke 2:36 - New International Version (Anglicised) There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And there was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, having lived with her husband seven years from her maidenhood, [Josh. 19:24.] American Standard Version (1901) And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, Common English Bible There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, who belonged to the tribe of Asher. She was very old. After she married, she lived with her husband for seven years. Catholic Public Domain Version And there was a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, from the tribe of Asher. She was very advanced in years, and she had lived with her husband for seven years from her virginity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser; she was far advanced in years, and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity. |
Then Leah said, ‘How happy I am! The women will call me happy.’ So she named him Asher.
Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.
You will come to the grave in full vigour, like sheaves gathered in season.
They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing.
‘Now, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them
so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.’
Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.
Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head – it is the same as having her head shaved.
Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,
The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its clans.
from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.
He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.