Gad and Asher
Genesis 30:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.Alternate MT reading (see also LXX); the other alternate reads “A troop is coming!”Gad sounds like the Hebrew for good fortune, or alternately for band of raiders.
- KJV
- And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.Gad: that is, A troop, or, company
- WEB
- Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.
- ASV
- And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
- LSV
- and Leah says, “A troop is coming”; and she calls his name Gad.
- YLT
- and Leah saith, 'A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad.
- DBY
- And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad.
- DRC
- She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.
- GNV
- Then sayd Leah, A companie commeth: and she called his name, Gad.
- JPS
- And Leah said: 'Fortune is come!' And she called his name Gad.
- LXXE
- And Lea said, It is happily: and she called his name, Gad.
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- Written (Ketiv): בְּגָד (“with good fortune”). Read aloud (Qere): בָּ֣אגָ֑ד (“it has comegood fortune”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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- Leningrad Codex reads בָּ֣גָ֑ד; read aloud (Qere) reads בָּ֣אגָ֑ד (“it has comegood fortune”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַתֹּ֥אמֶר לֵאָ֖ה בגד וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ גָּֽד׃Read aloud as (qere): בָּ֣א גָ֑ד
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἶπε Λεία, ἐν τύχῃ· καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Γάδ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 49:19Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
- Genesis 35:26And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- Deuteronomy 33:20–21Concerning 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. He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there.…
- Isaiah 65:11But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
- Genesis 46:16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
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