Genesis 30:11
New Living Translation
11 Leah named him Gad,[a] for she said, “How fortunate I am!”
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- 30:11 Gad means “good fortune.”
Genesis 49:19
New Living Translation
19 “Gad will be attacked by marauding bands,
but he will attack them when they retreat.
Isaiah 65:11
New Living Translation
11 “But because the rest of you have forsaken the Lord
and have forgotten his Temple,
and because you have prepared feasts to honor the god of Fate
and have offered mixed wine to the god of Destiny,
Deuteronomy 33:20-21
New Living Translation
20 Moses said this about the tribe of Gad:
“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad’s territory!
Gad is poised there like a lion
to tear off an arm or a head.
21 The people of Gad took the best land for themselves;
a leader’s share was assigned to them.
When the leaders of the people were assembled,
they carried out the Lord’s justice
and obeyed his regulations for Israel.”
Genesis 46:16
New Living Translation
16 The sons of Gad were Zephon,[a] Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
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Genesis 35:26
New Living Translation
26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher.
These are the names of the sons who were born to Jacob at Paddan-aram.
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