Genesis 30:11
and Leah said, Victory hath come! So she called his name Gad.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
In Context
10And Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bare to Jacob a son:
12And Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid bare a second son to Jacob;
Cross References
Genesis 46:16And, the sons of Gad,—Zaphon and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon,—Eri and Arodi and Areli;
Deuteronomy 33:20And, of Gad, he said: Blessed, be he that hath made room for Gad,—As a lioness, hath he laid himself down, And hath torn an arm likewise the crown 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 →