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About Asher he said, “Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil.
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Verse 24. Blessed. He alludes to the name of Aser, which has this signification. Bible.—This tribe had been upon the increase in the desert, ( Calmet.) and now comprised 53,000 warriors. Bible.—The province of Galilee, where Aser dwelt, was one of the most fertile of all Chanaan, and noted for abundance of oil, Genesis 49:20. Joseph. Bel. ii. 2. and ii. 22. Calmet.—Oil. So Job (29:6,) says, When I washed my feet with butter. Menochius.
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