First name Gad in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Gad is the name of the seventh-born son of Jacob (GEN 30:11, GEN 35:26), son of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, as well as name of the prophet (1SA 22:5), the seer (1CH 21:9, 1CH 29:29). Meaning of the name: a band; a troop. Related names are: Reuben, Manasseh, David . The translations of Gad in 69 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Gadi in Spanish to Son in Manx!
Wear it!And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. (GEN 30:11)
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. (GEN 35:26)
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. (GEN 46:16)
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. (GEN 49:19)
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. (EXO 1:4)
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. (NUM 1:14)
Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (NUM 1:24)
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. (NUM 1:25)
Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. (NUM 2:14)
Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. (NUM 2:14)
On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: (NUM 7:42)
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. (NUM 10:20)
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. (NUM 13:15)
The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: (NUM 26:15)
These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. (NUM 26:18)
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; (NUM 32:1)
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, (NUM 32:2)
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? (NUM 32:6)
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. (NUM 32:25)
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: (NUM 32:29)
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. (NUM 32:31)
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. (NUM 32:33)
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, (NUM 32:34)
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: (NUM 34:14)
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (DEU 27:13)
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. (DEU 33:20)
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. (DEU 33:20)
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: (JOS 4:12)
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. (JOS 13:24)
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. (JOS 13:24)