Genesis 30:13 reads, “And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.”

Literally in the Hebrew this verse says, “And Leah said, In my happiness, the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.” Some translators will translate blessed as happy, but it is the furthest thing from what the Hebrew says. Literally Asher’s name mean blessed, “and she called his name blessed.”

If you recall, in the Beatitudes Jesus described the things that were blessed. Some translators of the New Testament have made the mistake of translating blessed as happy. Once again, it is bad translation. Jesus was describing the condition of being fully satisfied. Just the same, Asher’s name means fully satisfied because he was blessed. Now the King James translators got this right in verse 13 because the word represented a whole different idea than it does today. At that time, blessed meant fully satisfied. For example, when they said, ‘God bless you’ they literally were saying ‘God bathe you in the blood of Christ’ and to be bathed in blood is to be blessed. The King James got it right because how much more satisfied can you get than to be bathed in the blood, to be baptized in the blood of Jesus Christ. Not literally, but spiritually baptized because you are now a joint heir through Christ reconciled back to the Father. We truly are blessed and fully satisfied all through the blood of Jesus Christ. So, Asher means blessed, fully satisfied.

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In 2 Corinthians 9:7 it reads, “God loveth a cheerful giver.” The Greek word for cheerful is Hilaros which means when someone is prompt to do something, they are ready in mind, with a joyful heart. In the Septuagint it also means to cause to shine. Today I am looking for Hilaros Givers who are ready and full of joy for the opportunity to cause others to shine by hearing, learning, and growing in God’s Word. Join with us today and participate as a Hilaros Giver. If you wish to participate use the following link:http://www.teachingfaith.com/giving

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