Deuteronomy 33:20
And to Gad he said: Blessed be Gad in his breadth: he hath rested as a lion, and hath seized upon the arm and the top of the head.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 9:26And he said: Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, be Chanaan his servant.
Joshua 13:8With whom Ruben and Gad have possessed the land, which Moses the servant of the Lord delivered to them beyond the river Jordan, on the east side.
Joshua 13:24And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad and to his children by their kindreds a possession, of which this is the division.
1 Chronicles 5:18The sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses, fighting men, bearing shields, and swords, and bending the bow, and trained up to battles, four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to war.
1 Chronicles 12:9Ezer the chief, Obdias the second, Eliab the third,
Psalms 18:19They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:19-22
18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. 19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he… Read the whole commentary →