Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
Jacob spoke this word to his children in his last hours as part of his dying testimony. It stands as one of his inspired prophetic words to his sons. In giving it, God by the spirit of prophecy lifted his mind above his natural feelings, angels were all around him, and the power of God's grace shone upon him. He had forgiven his sons and loved them to the last, so the words did not come from an unforgiving spirit brooding over their wrongs. His own fatherly feeling would have led him to utter only love and tenderness, but under the influence of inspiration he uttered truth although painful. Unlike his gloomy words to Simeon and Levi about violence and visitation for sin, this word concerning Asher is not gloomy.
Jacob spoke this word to his children in his last hours as part of his dying testimony. It stands as one of his inspired prophetic words to his sons. In giving it, God by the spirit of prophecy lifted his mind above his natural feelings, angels were all around him, and the power of God's grace shone upon him. He had forgiven his sons and loved them to the last, so the words did not come from an unforgiving spirit brooding over their wrongs. His own fatherly feeling would have led him to utter only love and tenderness, but under the influence of inspiration he uttered truth although painful. Unlike his gloomy words to Simeon and Levi about violence and visitation for sin, this word concerning Asher is not gloomy.