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'''Asher''' ({{Hebrew Name|אָשֵׁר|Ašer|ʾĀšēr}}), in the [[Book of Genesis]], is the second son of [[Jacob]] and [[Zilpah]], and the founder of the [[Hebrew tribe|Tribe]] of [[Tribe of Asher|Asher]].
'''Ashar''' is also a place in [[Israel]].
==Asher the son of Jacob==
Asher played a role in the plot to sell his brother Joseph into slavery.(Gen. 37:23-36) Asher and his four sons and daughter settled in [[Canaan]]. <ref name="oxford"/> On his deathbed, Jacob blesses Asher by saying that "his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties"(Genesis 49:20 [Authorized (King James)Version].
Asher's daughter, [[Serah]] (also transliterated as Serach), is the only granddaughter of Jacob mentioned in the [[Torah]], and has several legends associated with her. {Gen. 46:17)
==Etymology==
Asher is generally understood to come from the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word ''Osher'' meaning "happy" or "blessing" (See Gen. 30:13). <ref name="oxford">{{cite book
| last =Metzeger
| first =Bruce M. (ed)
| authorlink =
| coauthors = , Michael D. Coogan (ed)
| title = The Oxford Companion to the Bible
| publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
| date = 1993
| location = Oxford, UK
| pages =
| url =
| doi =
| isbn = 0-19-504645-5 }}</ref> In the past critical scholars conjectured that the name referred to a male counterpart of the goddess [[Asherah]] with a name cognate to the Assyrian god [[Ashur]] although no evidence of such a deity has been found and the latter name is derived from a different root.
== People named Asher ==
* See [[People named Asher]].
==Notes==
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== See also ==
*[[Tribe of Asher]]
{{sons of Jacob}}
[[Category:Founders of Biblical tribes]]
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