...more senses than one, would repay his toil ! He would realize the prophetic blessings pronounced on Asher, "His bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties." The custom of dwelling in villages, and not upon the land cultivated, is fatal to the thorough development...

...tribe of Gad was stationed north of Reuben, east of the Jordan. 9. ASHER. — Jacob said of Asher, "Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties." The emblem inscribed on the banner of Asher was a prolific tree. The place of Asher in the desert-encampment...

...Arabians. Perhaps the relative positions of these constellations with Ari/s mav be alluded to in the text. Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. The Balance, according to Kircher, was the emblem painted on the standard of Asher. In the astrological...

...upon the formation of the tribal character, the future of Ashcr is depicted thus (Gen. xlix. 19) : " Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties." By this can scarcely anything else be meant than the productive harvests of wheat, which Solomon afterwards...

...state of the church ; it has often querors.' — Univ. History. been overcome and brought low, but 20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 Naphtali is a hind let loose : he giveth goodly words. 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful...

...blessing of Gad. Asher comes next ; will you read his blessing ? " Donald read from Gen. xlix. 20 : " Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties." And from Deut. xxxiii. 24 : " Let Asher be blessed with children ; let him be acceptable to his brethren,...

...blessing of Gad. Asher comes next ; will you read his blessing ? " Donald read from Gen. xlix. 20 : " ' Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.' " And from Deut. xxxiii. 24 : " ' Let Asher be blessed with children ; let him be acceptable to his...

...inheritance 1 " said my grandmother. " Moses said, ' Let him dip his foot in oil ; ' — and Jacob said, ' Out of Asher his bread shall be fat; and he shall yield royal dainties.'" " I will tell you how the Bedouins live on a journey," said my uncle. "They carry with them a small...

...for thy salvation, U Lord. "Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. " Ont of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. " Naphtnli is a hind let loose : he giveth guodly words. " Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful...

...possible, that Jacob, having been moved GENESIS. XLIX. him: but he shall overcome at the last. 20 f Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 H Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. 22 11 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a...