Gad
Born c. 1752 BC (traditional dating)
Belongs to: Tribe of Gad
Father: Israel
Mother: Zilpah
Children: Ozni, Zephon, Eri, Shuni, Areli, Arod, Haggi
Siblings: Asher
Several people in the Bible have this name. The verses below may mix them up.
Mentioned in 55 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.
Where Gad is mentioned
1 Chronicles 2:2
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Read in context1 Chronicles 5:11–12
11 The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:
12 Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Jaanai and Shaphat, who lived in Bashan.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:63
The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:80–81
80 And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
81 Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:14
These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
Read in context1 Samuel 13:7
Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:13
And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:20
Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
Read in contextExodus 1:4
Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
Read in contextEzekiel 48:27–28
27 And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
28 The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.
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