Asher (Bible)

"Asher"' (] , with their descendants remaining there until the Exodus; ["Book of Exodus"] this seems to be partly contradicted by Egyptian records, according to which a group named "Aseru", a name from which Asher is probably derived, were, in the 14th century BC, living in a similar region to Asher's traditional territory, in Canaan. Asher's daughter is name by the Torah as "Serach" (the only granddaughter of Jacob named by the TorahFact|date=February 2007), but her mother is not named; according to classical rabbinical literature, Serach's mother was named "Hadurah", and was a descendant of Eber, but 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 ["Sefer ha Yashar"] . 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; the Book of Jubilees contradicts this, arguing instead that Asher's wife was named "Lyon" (which probably means "dove").

According to classical rabbinical literature, Asher had informed his brothers about Reuben's incest with Bilhah, and as a result Asher came to be on bad terms with his brothers, though once Reuben confessed, the brothers realised they had been unjust towards Asher; Asher's motivation is described, by classical rabbinical sources, as being entirely innocent of evil intent, and always in search of harmony between his brothers.

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See also

*Tribe of Asher
*Sea Peoples