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Gad in Wikipedia

(Hebrew: גד ; "luck") was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Jacob and Zilpah, the seventh of Jacob overall, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Gad; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confeder...

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Gad in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

(gadh, "fortune"; Gad): 1. The Name: The seventh son of Jacob, whose mother was Zilpah (Gen 30:11), and whose birth was welcomed by Leah with the cry, "Fortunate!" Some have sought to connect the name with that of the heathen deity Gad, of which traces are found in Baal- gad, Migdal-gad, etc. In the blessing of Jacob (Gen 49:19) there is...

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Gad in Naves Topical Bible

1. Jacob's seventh son Ge 30:11; 35:26; Ex 1:4 Children of Ge 46:16; Nu 26:15-18; 1Ch 5:11 Prophecy concerning Ge 49:19 -2. A tribe of Israel Blessed by Moses De 33:20 Enumeration of, at Sinai Nu 1:14,24,25 In the plains of Moab Nu 26:15-18 In the reign of Jotham 1Ch 5:11-17 Place of, in camp and march Nu 2:10,14,16 Wealth of, in c...

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Gad in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a band; a troop...

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Gad in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a troop). 1. Jacob's seventh son, the first-born of Zilpah, Leah's maid, and whole-brother to Asher. Ge 30;11-13; 46:16,18 (B.C. 1753-1740.) 2. "The seer," or "the king's seer," i.e. David's 1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 29:25 was a "prophet" who appears to have joined David when in the old. 1Sa 22:5 (B.C. 1061.) He reappears in connection with the punish...

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Gad in Easton's Bible Dictionary

fortune; luck. (1.) Jacob's seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Gen. 30:11-13; 46:16, 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, "A troop cometh: and she called," etc., should rather be rendered, "In fortune [R.V., 'Fortunate']: and she called," etc., or "Fortune cometh," etc. The tribe of Gad during...

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Gad in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Israel was more wooded very anciently than afterward; the celebrated oaks and terebinths here and there were perhaps relics of a primeval forest on the highlands. But in the Bible the woods appear in the valleys and defiles leading from the highlands to the lowlands, so they were not extensive. "The wood of Ephraim" clothed the sides of the h...

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