Genesis 30:11
And Leah said, It is happily: and she called his name, Gad.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
In Context
10And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
12And Zilpah the maid of Leah conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
Cross References
Genesis 46:16And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, and Shuni, and Ezbon, and Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
Deuteronomy 33:20And to Gad he said, 1 Blessed be he that enlarges Gad: 1 As a lion he rested, 1 Having broken the arm and the ruler. 1
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 →