Gad
Born 1752 BC traditional (Jones)
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., should rather be rendered, “In fortune [R.V., ‘Fortunate’]: and she called,” etc., or “Fortune cometh,” etc.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 24th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Born in the era of the Patriarchs, 1996–1707 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Asher, Dan, Leah, Naphtali, Areli, Arod, Benjamin, and Eri.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Stories
4 events in which Gad takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).
- 1752 BCBirth of GadGen 30:10-11
- 1727 BCJoseph sold to EgyptGen 37:3-36
- 1707 BC7 years of famineGen 41:54–43:34
- 1705 BCJoseph's brothers return to EgyptGen 43:1–45:28
Places
Places named in the same verses as Gad, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.
- location not graded: Paddan-aram1
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1777–1663 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 5 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
7 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.
Later verses tagged with Gad are about the tribe of Gad, not the man: 48 verses, counted separately.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Gad 49 |
| KJV | Gad 72 |
| ASV | Gad 72 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 7 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Genesis4 verses
- 30:11
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
- 35:26
And 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.
- 46:16
The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
- 49:19
Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
Exodus1 verse
- 1:4
Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
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., should rather be rendered, “In fortune [R.V., ‘Fortunate’]: and she called,” etc., or “Fortune cometh,” etc.
The tribe of Gad during the march through the wilderness had their place with Simeon and Reuben on the south side of the tabernacle (Num. 2:14). The tribes of Reuben and Gad continued all through their history to follow the pastoral pursuits of the patriarchs (Num. 32:1-5).
The portion allotted to the tribe of Gad was on the east of Jordan, and comprehended the half of Gilead, a region of great beauty and fertility (Deut. 3:12), bounded on the east by the Arabian desert, on the west by the Jordan (Josh. 13:27), and on the north by the river Jabbok. It thus included the whole of the Jordan valley as far north as to the Sea of Galilee, where it narrowed almost to a point.
This tribe was fierce and warlike; they were “strong men of might, men of war for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, their faces the faces of lions, and like roes upon the mountains for swiftness” (1 Chr. 12:8; 5:19-22). Barzillai (2 Sam. 17:27) and Elijah (1 Kings 17:1) were of this tribe. It was carried into captivity at the same time as the other tribes of the northern kingdom by Tiglath-pileser (1 Chr. 5:26), and in the time of Jeremiah (49:1) their cities were inhabited by the Ammonites.