Numbers 2:10-15

The Tribes on the South

2:10 “On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. ¹  The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur. 2:11 Those numbered in his division are 46,500. 2:12 Those who will be camping next to them are the tribe of Simeon. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 2:13 Those numbered in his division are 59,300. 2:14 Next will be ²  the tribe of Gad. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel. ³  2:15 Those numbered in his division are 45,650.

Numbers 26:5-7

Reuben

26:5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from ⁴  Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites; 26:6 from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 26:7 These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730. ⁵ 

Numbers 26:15-18

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, ⁶  the family of the Oznites; from Eri, ⁷  the family of the Erites; 26:17 from Arod, ⁸  the family of the Arodites, and from Areli, the family of the Arelites. 26:18 These were the families of the Gadites according to those numbered of them, 40,500. ⁹ 

Genesis 29:32

29:32 So Leah became pregnant ¹⁰  and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, ¹¹  for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. ¹²  Surely my husband will love me now.”

Genesis 30:10-11

30:10 Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son. ¹³  30:11 Leah said, “How fortunate!” ¹⁴  So she named him Gad. ¹⁵ 

[2:10]  ¹ tn Here and throughout the line is literally “[under] the standard of the camp of Reuben…according to their divisions.”

[2:14]  ² tn The Hebrew text simply has “and the tribe of Gad.”

[2:14]  ³ tc The Leningrad codex, upon which BHS is based, has “Reuel” here. In reading “Deuel” the translation presented above follows many medieval Hebrew manuscripts, Smr, and the Latin Vulgate. Cf. Num 1:14.

[26:5]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text has no preposition here, but one has been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 23, 30, 31, 32.

[26:7]  ⁵ sn The Reubenites had decreased from 46,500 to 43,730.

[26:16]  ⁶ tc The MT of Gen 46:16 reads this as “Ezbon.”

[26:16]  ⁷ tc The Greek version and Smr have “Ad[d]i,” probably by confusion of letters.

[26:17]  ⁸ tc Gen 46:16 and the LXX here read “Arodi.”

[26:18]  ⁹ sn The Gadites decreased from 45,650 to 40,500.

[29:32]  ¹⁰ tn Or “Leah conceived” (also in vv. 33, 34, 35).

[29:32]  ¹¹ sn The name Reuben (רְאוּבֵן, rÿ’uven) means “look, a son.”

[29:32]  ¹² tn Heb “looked on my affliction.”

[30:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “and Zilpah, the servant of Leah, bore for Jacob a son.”

[30:11]  ¹⁴ 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]  ¹⁵ 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.