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Genesis 30:11

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

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Genesis 30:9Genesis 30:10Romans 8:24Revelation 21:4

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Glossary

Leah Person

Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel ( Gen. 29:16 ). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father ( Gen. 29:23 ). She was “tender-eyed” (17).

Gad Person

Fortune; luck. (1. ) Jacob’s seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and the brother of Asher ( Gen. 30:11-13 ; 46:16 , 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, “A troop cometh: and she called,” etc.