Genesis 30:11

Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad (good fortune).

Genesis 49:19


“As for Gad—a raiding troop shall raid him,
But he shall raid at their heels and assault them [victoriously].

Genesis 35:26

and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob born to him in Paddan-aram.

Genesis 46:16

The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

Deuteronomy 33:20-21

Of Gad he said,

“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;
He lurks like a lioness,
And tears the arm and the crown of the head.

Isaiah 65:11


“But you who abandon (turn away from) the Lord,
Who forget and ignore My holy mountain (Zion),
Who set a table for Gad [the Babylonian god of fortune],
And who fill a jug of mixed wine for Meni [the god of fate],

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And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

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Genesis 35:26
and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob born to him in Paddan-aram.
Genesis 46:16
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
Genesis 49:19

“As for Gad—a raiding troop shall raid him,
But he shall raid at their heels and assault them [victoriously].
Deuteronomy 33:20
Of Gad he said,

“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;
He lurks like a lioness,
And tears the arm and the crown of the head.

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Genesis 49:19

“As for Gad—a raiding troop shall raid him,
But he shall raid at their heels and assault them [victoriously].