11 Then Leah said, “What good fortune!”[a] So she named him Gad.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:11 Or “A troop is coming!”
  2. Genesis 30:11 Gad can mean good fortune or a troop.

19 “Gad[a](A) will be attacked by a band of raiders,
    but he will attack them at their heels.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:19 Gad sounds like the Hebrew for attack and also for band of raiders.

11 “But as for you who forsake(A) the Lord
    and forget my holy mountain,(B)
who spread a table for Fortune
    and fill bowls of mixed wine(C) for Destiny,

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20 About Gad(A) he said:

“Blessed is he who enlarges Gad’s domain!(B)
    Gad lives there like a lion,
    tearing at arm or head.
21 He chose the best land for himself;(C)
    the leader’s portion was kept for him.(D)
When the heads of the people assembled,
    he carried out the Lord’s righteous will,(E)
    and his judgments concerning Israel.”

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16 The sons of Gad:(A)

Zephon,[a](B) Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 46:16 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic Text Ziphion

26 The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah:(A)

Gad(B) and Asher.(C)

These were the sons of Jacob,(D) who were born to him in Paddan Aram.(E)

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