Genesis 49:20
Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield dainties to kings.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Aser, pinguis panis ejus, et præbebit delicias regibus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἀσήρ, πίων αὐτοῦ ὁ ἄρτος, καὶ αὐτὸς δώσει τρυφὴν ἄρχουσιν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- מֵאָשֵׁ֖ר שְׁמֵנָ֣ה לַחְמ֑וֹ וְה֥וּא יִתֵּ֖ן מַֽעֲדַנֵּי מֶֽלֶךְ
Haydock's commentary
Fat, delicious. This country was very luxuriant, Deuteronomy xxxiii. 24. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Hippolytus On Genesis, Section I
Gen. xlix. 16-20 Dan shall judge his people, as himself also one tribe in Israel. And let Dan become a serpent by the way, lying on the path, stinging the horse’s heel; and the horseman shall fall backward, waiting for the salvation of the Lord. Gad, a robber’s troop shall rob him; and he shall spoil it at the heels. Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall furnish dainties to princes.