Genesis 30:11

30:11 Leah said, “How fortunate!” ¹  So she named him Gad. ² 

Genesis 35:26

35:26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher.

These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

Genesis 49:19

49:19 Gad will be raided by marauding bands,

but he will attack them at their heels. ³ 

Numbers 1:11

1:11 from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

Numbers 1:24-25

1:24 ⁴ From the descendants of Gad: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. 1:25 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Gad were 45,650.

Numbers 26:15-17

Gad

26:15 The Gadites by their families: from Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; from Haggi, the family of the Haggites; from Shuni, the family of the Shunites; 26:16 from Ozni, ⁵  the family of the Oznites; from Eri, ⁶  the family of the Erites; 26:17 from Arod, ⁷  the family of the Arodites, and from Areli, the family of the Arelites.

Deuteronomy 33:20-21

Blessing on Gad

33:20 Of Gad he said:

Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad.

Like a lioness he will dwell;

he will tear at an arm – indeed, a scalp. ⁸ 

33:21 He has selected the best part for himself,

for the portion of the ruler ⁹  is set aside ¹⁰  there;

he came with the leaders ¹¹  of the people,

he obeyed the righteous laws of the Lord

and his ordinances with Israel.

Deuteronomy 33:1

Introduction to the Blessing of Moses

33:1 This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

Deuteronomy 2:2

2:2 At this point the Lord said to me,

Deuteronomy 2:1

The Journey from Kadesh Barnea to Moab

2:1 Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea ¹²  just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.

Deuteronomy 5:11-16

5:11 You must not make use of the name of the Lord your God for worthless purposes, ¹³  for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way. ¹⁴  5:12 Be careful to observe ¹⁵  the Sabbath day just as the Lord your God has commanded you. 5:13 You are to work and do all your tasks in six days, 5:14 but the seventh day is the Sabbath ¹⁶  of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, ¹⁷  so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest. 5:15 Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. ¹⁸  That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe ¹⁹  the Sabbath day. 5:16 Honor ²⁰  your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he ²¹  is about to give you.

[30:11]  ¹ tc The statement in the Kethib (consonantal text) appears to mean literally “with good fortune,” if one takes the initial בְּ (bet) as a preposition indicating accompaniment. The Qere (marginal reading) means “good fortune has arrived.”

[30:11]  ² sn The name Gad (גָּד, gad) means “good fortune.” The name reflects Leah’s feeling that good fortune has come her way, as expressed in her statement recorded earlier in the verse.

[49:19]  ³ tc Heb “heel.” The MT has suffered from misdivision at this point. The initial mem on the first word in the next verse should probably be taken as a plural ending on the word “heel.”

[1:24]  ⁴ tc The LXX has vv. 24-35 after v. 37.

[26:16]  ⁵ tc The MT of Gen 46:16 reads this as “Ezbon.”

[26:16]  ⁶ tc The Greek version and Smr have “Ad[d]i,” probably by confusion of letters.

[26:17]  ⁷ tc Gen 46:16 and the LXX here read “Arodi.”

[33:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “forehead,” picturing Gad attacking prey.

[33:21]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew term מְחֹקֵק (mÿkhoqeq; Poel participle of חָקַק, khaqaq, “to inscribe”) reflects the idea that the recorder of allotments (the “ruler”) is able to set aside for himself the largest and best. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 444-45.

[33:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “covered in” (if from the root סָפַן, safan; cf. HALOT 764-65 s.v. ספן qal).

[33:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “heads” (in the sense of chieftains).

[2:1]  ¹² tn Heb “Reed Sea.” See note on the term “Red Sea” in Deut 1:40.

[5:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “take up the name of the Lord your God to emptiness”; KJV “take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” The idea here is not cursing or profanity in the modern sense of these terms but rather the use of the divine Name for unholy, mundane purposes, that is, for meaningless (the Hebrew term is שָׁוְא) and empty ends. In ancient Israel this would include using the Lord’s name as a witness in vows one did not intend to keep.

[5:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “who takes up his name to emptiness.”

[5:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to make holy,” that is, to put to special use, in this case, to sacred purposes (cf. vv. 13-15).

[5:14]  ¹⁶ tn There is some degree of paronomasia (wordplay) here: “the seventh (הַשְּׁבִיעִי, hashÿvi’i) day is the Sabbath (שַׁבָּת, shabbat).” Otherwise, the words have nothing in common, since “Sabbath” is derived from the verb שָׁבַת (shavat, “to cease”).

[5:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “in your gates”; NRSV, CEV “in your towns”; TEV “in your country.”

[5:15]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “by a strong hand and an outstretched arm,” the hand and arm symbolizing divine activity and strength. Cf. NLT “with amazing power and mighty deeds.”

[5:15]  ¹⁹ tn Or “keep” (so KJV, NRSV).

[5:16]  ²⁰ tn The imperative here means, literally, “regard as heavy” (כַּבֵּד, kabbed). The meaning is that great importance must be ascribed to parents by their children.

[5:16]  ²¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “He” in 5:3.