Genesis 30:11
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
- KJV
- And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
- WEB
- Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.
- ASV
- And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
- DARBY
- And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad.
- BLB
- And Leah said, “How fortunate!” And she called his name Gad.
- ÅB
- Da sa Lea: Til lykke! Og hun kalte ham Gad[^4].
- OTB
- Lea sa: "For en lykke!" Så kalte hun ham Gad.
- B1930
- Da sa Lea: Til lykke! Og hun kalte ham Gad. / < lykke.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 49:19
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:20–21
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:11
But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
Read in contextGenesis 35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
Read in contextGenesis 46:16
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
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