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Gad

Jacob’s seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Gen. 30:11-13; 46:16, 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, “A troop cometh: and she called,” etc., should rather be rendered, “In fortune R.V., ‘Fortunate’]: and she called,” etc., or “Fortune cometh,” etc.</p><p class="markdown"> The tribe of Gad during the march through the wilderness had their place with Simeon and Reuben on the south side of the tabernacle ([Num. 2:14). The tribes of Reuben and Gad continued all through their history to follow the pastoral pursuits of the patriarchs (Num. 32:1-5).

The portion allotted to the tribe of Gad was on the east of Jordan, and comprehended the half of Gilead, a region of great beauty and fertility (Deut. 3:12), bounded on the east by the Arabian desert, on the west by the Jordan (Josh. 13:27), and on the north by the river Jabbok. It thus included the whole of the Jordan valley as far north as to the Sea of Galilee, where it narrowed almost to a point.

This tribe was fierce and warlike; they were “strong men of might, men of war for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, their faces the faces of lions, and like roes upon the mountains for swiftness” (1 Chr. 12:8; 5:19-22). Barzillai (2 Sam. 17:27) and Elijah (1 Kings 17:1) were of this tribe. It was carried into captivity at the same time as the other tribes of the northern kingdom by Tiglath-pileser (1 Chr. 5:26), and in the time of Jeremiah (49:1) their cities were inhabited by the Ammonites.

Male Born: 1753 BC

People and places

Children: Areli, Arod, Eri, Haggi, Ozni, Shuni, Zephon

Siblings: Asher

Half-siblings: Benjamin (patriarch), Dan (GEN 30:6), Dinah, Issachar (GEN 30:18), Joseph (son of Jacob), Judah (patriarch), Levi (patriarch), Naphtali, Reuben, Simeon (GEN 29:33), Zebulun

Mother: Zilpah

Father: Jacob (Israel)

Recorded scripture occurrences (55)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: GEN 30:11

OET-RV GEN 30:11

11 and Le’ah said, “What good fortune!” So she named him ‘Gad’ (which means ‘fortunate’).

OET-LV GEN 30:11

11 And_ Lēʼāh _she/it _said in/on/at/with and_she/it _called/named DOM his/its_name Gād.

Show passage in OET: GEN 35:26

OET-RV GEN 35:26

26 The sons of Le’ah’s slave women Zilpah were Gad and Asher. Those were Yisrael’s sons who were nearly all born in Padan -Aram.

OET-LV GEN 35:26

26 And_the _sons of _Zilpah the _maidservant _of Lēʼāh Gād and_ʼĀshēr these were_the _sons _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ who it _was _born to_him/it in_Paddan- aram.

Show passage in OET: GEN 46:16

OET-RV GEN 46:16

16 Gad’s sons were Tsifyon,Hagi, Shuni, Etsbon, Eri, Arod, and Areli.

OET-LV GEN 46:16

16 And_the _sons of _Gād Tsəfō/(Zepho)n and_Ḩaggit Shūnī and_ʼEʦbvōn ˊĒrī and_ʼArōdī and_ʼAr^ʼēlī.

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JER: all 1 recorded references

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Words tagged with this person or place

These links follow the source-word tags and may include pronouns. Tagging is not exhaustive.

GEN: 4 tagged passages

GEN 30:11: גָּֽד

GEN 35:26: גָּ֣ד

GEN 46:16: גָ֔ד

GEN 49:19: גָּ֖ד

EXO: 1 tagged passages

EXO 1:4: גָּ֥ד

NUM: 18 tagged passages

NUM 1:14: לְ,גָ֕ד

NUM 1:24: גָ֔ד

NUM 1:25: גָ֑ד

NUM 2:14: גָּ֑ד · גָ֔ד

NUM 7:42: גָ֑ד

NUM 10:20: גָ֑ד

NUM 13:15: גָ֔ד

NUM 26:15: גָד֮

NUM 26:18: גָ֖ד

NUM 32:1: גָ֖ד

NUM 32:2: גָ֖ד

NUM 32:6: גָ֖ד

NUM 32:25: גָד֙

NUM 32:29: גָ֣ד

NUM 32:31: גָ֛ד

NUM 32:33: גָד֩

NUM 32:34: גָ֔ד

NUM 34:14: הַ,גָּדִ֖י

DEU: 2 tagged passages

DEU 27:13: גָּ֣ד

DEU 33:20: וּ,לְ,גָ֣ד · גָּ֑ד

JOS: 19 tagged passages

JOS 4:12: גָ֜ד

JOS 13:24: גָ֔ד · גָ֖ד

JOS 13:28: גָ֖ד

JOS 18:7: וְ,גָ֡ד

JOS 20:8: גָ֔ד

JOS 21:7: גָד֙

JOS 21:38: גָ֗ד

JOS 22:9: גָ֜ד

JOS 22:10: גָ֡ד

JOS 22:11: גָ֡ד

JOS 22:13: גָ֛ד

JOS 22:15: גָ֛ד

JOS 22:21: גָ֔ד

JOS 22:25: גָד֙

JOS 22:30: גָ֖ד

JOS 22:31: גָ֜ד

JOS 22:32: גָ֜ד

JOS 22:33: גָ֖ד

JOS 22:34: גָ֖ד

SA1: 1 tagged passages

SA1 13:7: גָּ֖ד

CH1: 5 tagged passages

CH1 2:2: גָּ֥ד

CH1 5:11: גָ֣ד

CH1 6:48: גָ֞ד

CH1 6:65: גָ֔ד

CH1 12:15: גָ֖ד

JER: 1 tagged passages

JER 49:1: גָּ֔ד

EZE: 3 tagged passages

EZE 48:27: גָּ֥ד

EZE 48:28: גָּ֔ד

EZE 48:34: גָּ֞ד

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