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==Name==
The text of the [[Torah]] states that the name of ''Asher'' means "happy" or "blessing", implying a derivation from the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] term ''osher'' in two
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Asher was the eighth son of the patriarch Jacob and the traditional progenitor of the tribe Asher.
Asher is represented as the younger brother of [[Gad (son of Jacob)|Gad]]; these two being the sons of Zilpah, the handmaid of Leah (Genesis 35:26). The Biblical account shows Zilpah's status as a handmaid change to an actual wife of Jacob (Genesis 30:9).<ref name=Gen30-9>{{bibleverse||Genesis|30:9|HE}}</ref>
The Torah states that Asher had four sons and one daughter, who were born in Canaan and migrated with him to [[Egypt]],<ref name=Gen46-17>{{bibleverse||Genesis|46:17|HE}}</ref> with their descendants remaining there until [[the Exodus]];<ref>''[[Book of Exodus]]''</ref> this seems to be partly contradicted by Egyptian records (assuming a late Exodus date), according to which a group named ''Aseru'', a name from which Asher is probably derived,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-DkyAQAAMAAJ&dq=Asher+aseru&pg=PA662 ''Jewish Encyclopedia,'' "Israel, People of."]</ref> were, in the 14th century BC, living in a similar region to Asher's traditional territory, in Canaan.<ref name=JEnc/> Asher's daughter, [[Serah]] (also transliterated as Serach), is the only granddaughter of Jacob mentioned in the [[Torah]] (Gen. 46:17).<ref name=Gen46-17/>
Her mother is not named. According to [[classical rabbinical literature]], Serach's mother was named ''Hadurah'', and was a descendant of [[Eber]]. Although Hadurah was a wife of Asher, it was her second marriage, and Serach's father was actually Hadurah's first husband, who had died.<ref>''[[Sefer haYashar (midrash)|Sefer ha Yashar]]''</ref> In [[classical rabbinical literature]], Hadurah's marriage to Asher was his second marriage as well, his first having been to ''Adon'', who was a descendant of [[Ishmael]].<ref name=JEnc/> The [[Book of Jubilees]] contradicts this, arguing instead that Asher's wife was named ''Ijon'' (which probably means ''dove'').<ref name=JEnc/>
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