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Genesis 30:11

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 30:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
Genesis 30:11 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
10And Zilpah Leah`s handmaid bare Jacob a son.
11And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.
12And Zilpah Leah`s handmaid bare Jacob a second son.
13And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.
14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son`s mandrakes.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Leah said, a troop cometh, etc.] A troop of children, having bore four herself, and now her maid another, and more she expected; or the commander of a troop cometh, one that shall head an army and overcome his enemies; which agrees with the prophecy of Jacob, (<014919>Genesis 49:19); and she called his name Gad: which signifies a “troop”, glorying in the multitude of her children, that she had or hoped to have.”
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