Person · one of several with this name
Gad
Mentioned in 55 verses across 10 books, first in Numbers 1:14. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
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In the Bible
All 18 verses in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Numbers
- Numbers 1:14
from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
- Numbers 1:24
From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 1:25
those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
- Numbers 2:14
Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,
- Numbers 7:42
On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near.
- Numbers 10:20
and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.
- Numbers 13:15
and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.
- Numbers 26:15
These were the descendants of Gad by their clans: The Zephonite clan from Zephon, the Haggite clan from Haggi, the Shunite clan from Shuni,
- Numbers 26:18
These were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered 40,500.
- Numbers 32:1
Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
- Numbers 32:2
So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,
- Numbers 32:6
But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
- Numbers 32:25
The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
- Numbers 32:29
And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
- Numbers 32:31
The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
- Numbers 32:33
So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
- Numbers 32:34
And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
- Numbers 34:14
For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.
Events
Events the dataset lists Gad as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 1753 BCBirth of Gad
- c. 1728 BCJoseph sold to Egypt
- c. 1708 BC7 years of famine
- c. 1706 BCJoseph's brothers return to Egypt
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
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 the march through the wilderness had their place with Simeon and Reuben on the south side of the tabernacle (Num. 2:14). The tribes of Reuben and Gad continued all through their history to follow the pastoral pursuits of the patriarchs (Num. 32:1-5).
The portion allotted to the tribe of Gad was on the east of Jordan, and comprehended the half of Gilead, a region of great beauty and fertility (Deut. 3:12), bounded on the east by the Arabian desert, on the west by the Jordan (Josh. 13:27), and on the north by the river Jabbok. It thus included the whole of the Jordan valley as far north as to the Sea of Galilee, where it narrowed almost to a point.
This tribe was fierce and warlike; they were “strong men of might, men of war for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, their faces the faces of lions, and like roes upon the mountains for swiftness” (1 Chr. 12:8; 5:19-22). Barzillai (2 Sam. 17:27) and Elijah (1 Kings 17:1) were of this tribe. It was carried into captivity at the same time as the other tribes of the northern kingdom by Tiglath-pileser (1 Chr. 5:26), and in the time of Jeremiah (49:1) their cities were inhabited by the Ammonites.