Genesis 30:11
and therfor sche clepide his name Gad.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
In Context
10And whanne Selfa aftir conseyuyng childide a sone, Lya seide, Blessidly;
12Also Selfa childide anothir sone,
Cross References
Genesis 46:16The sones of Gad, Sefion, and Aggi, Suny, and Hesebon, Heri, and Arodi, and Areli.
Deuteronomy 33:20And he seide to Gad, Gad is blessid in broodnesse; he restide as a lioun, and he took the arm and the nol.
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 →