Genesis 30:11 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 30:11

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

KJV

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ASV

And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.

WEB

Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

YLT

and Leah saith, `A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad.

DBT

And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad.

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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5 verses on the floor

Genesis 49:19
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
Genesis 46:16
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
Deuteronomy 33:20–21
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
Isaiah 65:11
But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
Genesis 35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Commentary on Chapter 30 1. Rachel envied her sister - Envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more injurious both to God, our neighbour, and ourselves. But this was not all, she said to Jacob, give me children or else I die - A child would not content her; but because Leah has more than one, she must have more too;

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

), promising herself a little troop of children; and children are the militia of a family, they fill the quiver, Ps. cxxvii. The other she called Asher ( happy ), thinking herself happy in him, and promising herself that her neighbours would think so too: The daughters will call me blessed,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H381234× in canon H141072× in canon

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GEN 30:11GEN 49:19 DEU 33:20-21
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GEN 30:11GEN 46:16 NUM 26:15-17
GEN 30:11GEN 49:19 1CH 5:11-22
GEN 30:11ISA 65:11 DEU 32:17
GEN 30:11ISA 65:11 ISA 2:2
GEN 30:11ISA 65:11 ISA 1:28
GEN 30:11GEN 35:26 GEN 30:9-13
GEN 30:11GEN 35:26 GEN 25:20

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