The Lord portraying the GEN. 48:15-20—B. C. 1689

HEART-CHARACTER of the
Tribe of Asher.

15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

*Deut. 33:24-25 and Gen. 49:20-"Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties," or A Cook. The domilant HEART-CHARACTER of the Personality of Asher in iction.

'rov. 22:4-By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, Lonour, and life.

Czek. 18:31-32-31 ¶ Cast away from you all your transgresions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart nd a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

2 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith he Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

19 And his father refused, and GEN. XXX:12-13-B. C. 1747 said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater

12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bar Jacob a second son.

than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

for the daughters will call me bless 13 And Leah said, Happy am I

ed and she called his name Asher

20 And he blessed them that day, GEN. XXV:24-28-B. C. 1838 saying, In thee shall Israel bless,

saying, God make thee as Ephraim § 24 ¶ And when her days to b and as Manasseh: and he set Eph-delivered were fulfilled, behold raim before Manasseh. there were twins in her womb.

GEN. XLI:50-52-B. C. 1715

50 And unto Joseph were born two sons, before the years of famine came which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On, bare unto him.

* 51 And Joseph called the name of the first born Manasseh: for God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

† 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

25 And the first came out red, al over like a hairy garment: and they called his name, Esau.

26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Issac was threescore years old, when she bare them.

27 And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field: and Jacob was a plain man. dwelling in tents.

28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebecca loved Jacob.

*Gen. 41:50-51-Manasseh, That is, Forgetting by begetting the Twelve Tribes of Manasseh.

+Gen. 41:52-Ephraim, That is, Fruitful, by crossing and being crossed by each of the Twelve Tribes of Jacob.

Gen. 30:12-13-Asher, That is, Happy, That symbolizes God's dealings with Asher which is the result of his acts under the guidance of the Lord in the last days, or this shows the result of the acts of Asher, as "he shall yield royal dainties" in the House of Israel.

§Gen. 25:24-28-Jacob, That is, Supplanter. Jacob supplanted Esau twice. First by marrying in his own kin (the most power ful of the earth) and second by the conquest of Esau's homeland in Britain.

N. XXI:1-5—B. C. 1897

And the Lord visited Sarah
ne had said, and the LORD did
Sarah as he had spoken.
For Sarah conceived, and bare
raham a son in his old age, at
set time, of which God had
ken to him.

3 And Abraham called the name
his son, that was born unto him,
om Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his

Isaac, being eight days old, as od had commanded him.

5 And Abraham was a hundred ars old, when his son Isaac was rn unto him.

EN. XVII:1-8-B. C. 1898

1 And when Abram was ninety ars old and nine, the LORD apared to Abram, and said unto m. I am the Almighty God; walk fore me, and be thou perfect.

2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will

multiply thee exceedingly.

3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

6 And I will make thee exceedtions of thee, and kings shall come ing fruitful, and I will make na

out of thee.

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Gen. 21:1-5-Isaac, That is, Laughter. As Sarah laughed at le thought of becoming a mother in her old age, so we laugh t the idea of being Israel: but when Isaac was born she laughed or joy, so we will laugh when Israel is known.

Gen. 17:1-8—Abraham, That is, A multitude of nations. These exts are set in reversal as in Levit. 26:42—Then will I rememer my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, nd also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will emember the land.

DOMINANT HEART-CHARACTER OF ASHER AND RESULT

1 A cook

Happy