Genesis 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Cross-reference
Genesis 49:20 blesses Asher with rich, abundant food — 'royal dainties' — echoing Leah's hope that this son's name ('happy') would prove true.
Genesis 35:26 lists Asher among the sons born to Jacob in Padan-aram, confirming him as part of the tribal family from which Israel descends.
Genesis 46:17 traces Asher's descendants — Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah — showing the tribe that grew from this moment of maternal joy.
In Deuteronomy 33:24, Moses blesses Asher with many children and abundance, dipping his foot in oil — the blessedness Leah celebrated at his birth.
Proverbs 31:28 depicts children rising to call their mother blessed — echoing Leah's joy that daughters would call her blessed.
Luke 1:48 echoes Leah's words — Mary declares all generations will call her blessed, mirroring the same maternal honor.
In 1 Chronicles 2:2, Asher is listed among Jacob's twelve sons — a genealogical marker tracing Israel's tribal structure back to this birth.
Song of Solomon 6:9 describes women calling someone blessed — echoing Leah's hope that daughters would call her blessed.
In Numbers 1:40, Asher's tribe numbers 41,500 fighting men at Sinai — one of the counted tribes descended from the son Leah named here.