Gad means a troop.
- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān , Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y , Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād , Gad, “overc...
And Leah said, (d) A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. (d) That is, God increases me with a multitude of children for so Jacob explains thi...
Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24 . The Birth of Jacob's Children. This section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31-35 ;...
A troop. Hebrew over-run, or, have victory; so the Septuagint, Syriac, Arabic, Targum of Onkelos, Vulgate. Gad . Jupiter (of the Babylonians). Se...
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. She called his name Gad - This has been variously translated. גד gad, may signify a troop...
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. Leah ... took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Ja...
Jacob's Children. His Stratagem to Increase his Property 1. Rachel envied her sister] To be childless was regarded as a great reproach: cp. Luke...
A troop cometh] RV 'Fortunate!' Gad] RM 'Fortune.'
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gav...
(9-13) Leah ... took Zilpah... — By ceasing to bear, Leah had lost her one hold upon her husband’s affection, and to regain it she follows Rachel’...
Sons Born to Jacob Genesis 30:1-24 The details of this paragraph are given with great minuteness, because they concern the twelve sons of Jacob...
In reading these stories we must never forget that we are looking at things as they were in that far-gone time and must make all necessary allowances...
And Leah said, a troop cometh ,.... A troop of children, having bore four herself, and now her maid another, and more she expected; or the commander...
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. Ver. 11. A troop cometh. ] Or, as some render it, Good luck cometh; compare Isaiah 65...
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RACHEL AND LEAH The fruitfulness of Leah moved Rachel to jealousy, then her demand to Jacob for children moves him to anger (...
Increase of Jacob's Family. B. C. 1745. ...
A troop cometh, or, good luck cometh; my design hath well succeeded; a happy star hath shone upon me; and such a star in the opinion of astrolog...
‘When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing she took Zilpah her handmaid and gave her to Jacob for a wife. And Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 30:1 . Give me children, or else I die.] Heb. “If none, I am a dead woman.” As to the raising up of seed, I shall be as...
Genesis 30:2 . Am I in God's stead. Rachel's impatience provoked Jacob's anger, because she asked of man whist was the prerogative of God to give....
Rachel envied her sister. Rachel’s impatience I. IT WAS UNGODLY. 1. She was the victim of unholy passions. Envy and jealousy. 2. She took...
EXPOSITION Genesis 30:1 And when Rachel saw (apparently after, though probably before, the birth of Leah's fourth son) that she bare Jac...
The Sons of Bilhah and Zilpah
And Leah said, A troop cometh; and she called his name Gad (good fortune). She considered the birth of this son a fortunate event to herself.
she. Genesis 35:26 Genesis 46:16 Genesis 49:19 Deuteronomy 33:20 Deuteronomy 33:21 Gad. that is, A troop, or company. Isaiah 65:11
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.c