And Leah said, A troop comes: and she called his name Gad. Treasury of Scripture she. Genesis 35:26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. Genesis 46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. Genesis 49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. Deuteronomy 33:20,21 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlarges Gad: he dwells as a lion, and tears the arm with the crown of the head... Gad. that is, A troop, or company. Isaiah 65:11 But you are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop...
Context Gad and Asher
9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 10And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a son. 11And Leah said, A troop comes: and she called his name Gad. 12And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a second son. 13And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. 14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, of your son's mandrakes. 15And she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? and would you take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you to night for your son's mandrakes. 16And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me; for surely I have hired you with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
Douay-Rheims Bible
She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.
Darby Bible Translation
And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad.
King James Bible
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Young's Literal Translation
and Leah saith, 'A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad.
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