Genesis 30:11
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
Note Alternate MT reading (see also LXX); the other alternate reads “A troop is coming!”
Note Gad sounds like the Hebrew for good fortune, or alternately for band of raiders.
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Note Gad: that is, A troop, or, company
Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.
And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- she
- Genesis 35:26; Genesis 46:16; Genesis 49:19; Deuteronomy 33:20, 21
- Gad
- that is, A troop, or company.
- Isaiah 65:11