Genesis 30:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

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 astrologers is that of Jupiter, which by the Arabians is called Gad. This may well agree to Leah and her heathenish education, and the manners of the Chaldeans, who were much given to the study of the stars.

Genesis 30:11

11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.c