First name Asher in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Asher is the name of the eighth-born son of Jacob (GEN 30:11, GEN 35:26), son of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid. Meaning of the name: happiness. Related names are: Naphtali, Manasseh, Gad . The translations of Asher in 77 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Aser in Spanish to アシェル in Japanese!
Name Asher in the world's Bibles
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. (GEN 30:13)
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. (GEN 35:26)
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. (GEN 46:17)
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. (GEN 49:20)
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. (EXO 1:4)
Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. (NUM 1:13)
Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (NUM 1:40)
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. (NUM 1:41)
And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. (NUM 2:27)
And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. (NUM 2:27)
On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: (NUM 7:72)
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. (NUM 10:26)
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. (NUM 13:13)
Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. (NUM 26:44)
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. (NUM 26:46)
These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. (NUM 26:47)
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. (NUM 34:27)
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (DEU 27:13)
And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. (DEU 33:24)
And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. (DEU 33:24)
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. (JOS 17:7)
Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. (JOS 17:10)
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. (JOS 17:11)
And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. (JOS 19:24)
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. (JOS 19:31)
And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. (JOS 19:34)
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. (JOS 21:6)
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, (JOS 21:30)
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: (JDG 1:31)
Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. (JDG 5:17)

Popularity of the name Asher in its translations around the world

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