Holy Scripture
Genesis 30:12
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 12 and 13.) And Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, gave birth to a second son for Jacob. And Leah said, 'I am blessed, for women will call me blessed.' And she called his name Asher, which means 'riches'. The riches are added with a play on words, that is, πλοῦτος. The etymology of the name Asher is explained by the a…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
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10And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
11And Leah said, It is happily: and she called his name, Gad.
— Genesis 30:12 —
13And Leah said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Asher.
14And Reuben went in the day of barley harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah; and Rachel said to Leah her sister, Give me of thy son’s mandrakes.