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Genesis 30:11
Genesis 30:11 is verse 11 of Genesis chapter 30, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
World English Bible
Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.
Read in context
Genesis 30:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
10 And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11 Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
12 When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
13 Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
Genesis 46:16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
Genesis 49:19Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
Deuteronomy 33:20Concerning 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.
Deuteronomy 33:21He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
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,