Genesis 30:11
and Leah says, “A troop is coming”; and she calls his name Gad.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
In Context
10and Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bears a son to Jacob,
12And Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bears a second son to Jacob,
Cross References
Genesis 46:16And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
Deuteronomy 33:20And of Gad he said: Blessed is he who is enlarging Gad, || He dwells as a lioness, || And has torn the arm—also the crown!
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 →