Genesis 30:11
She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
In Context
10And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,
Cross References
Genesis 46:16The sons of Cad: Sephian and Haggi and Suni and Esebon and Heri and Arodi and Areli.
Deuteronomy 33:20And 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.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:2-14
Increase of Jacob's Family. ( b. c. 1745.) 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →