Genesis 30:11
Leah [Weary] said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad [Good fortune].
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
In Context
10Zilpah [Frailty], Leah [Weary]’s servant, bore Jacob [Supplanter] a son.
12Zilpah [Frailty], Leah [Weary]’s servant, bore Jacob [Supplanter] a second son.
Cross References
Genesis 46:16The sons of Gad [Good fortune]: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
Deuteronomy 33:20About Gad [Good fortune] he said, 1 “He who enlarges Gad [Good fortune] is blessed. 2 He dwells as a lioness, 2 and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head. 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 →