11 Then Leah said, [a]“A troop comes!” So she called his name [b]Gad.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:11 So with Qr., Syr., Tg.; Kt., LXX, Vg. in fortune
  2. Genesis 30:11 Lit. Troop or Fortune

11 Then Leah said, “What good fortune!”[a] So she named him Gad.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:11 Or “A troop is coming!”
  2. Genesis 30:11 Gad can mean good fortune or a troop.

20 And of Gad he said:

“Blessed is he who (A)enlarges Gad;
He dwells as a lion,
And tears the arm and the crown of his head.

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20 About Gad(A) he said:

“Blessed is he who enlarges Gad’s domain!(B)
    Gad lives there like a lion,
    tearing at arm or head.

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18 The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war, who went to war.

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18 The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service(A)—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle.

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