Gad

Family: Jacob household · Role: son · First appears: Genesis 30

In Genesis 30, Zilpah was given to Jacob and bore Gad, followed by Asher. By Genesis 35, Gad was counted among Jacob’s twelve sons, alongside Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, and Asher; in Exodus 1, he was listed with Dan and Naphtali among the children of Israel who came into Egypt.

In Genesis 46, Gad was named as the father of Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. In Genesis 49, Jacob blessed Gad among his sons and charged them concerning his burial. Later, Gad’s descendants included the families of Zephon, Ozni, and Arod. Before his death, Moses blessed Israel, saying of Gad, “Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.”

Relationship record

Life events

Zilpah is given to Jacob and bears him Gad and Asher.(Genesis 30)
- With: Zilpah Jacob Asher
- “When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. 30:10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. 30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 30:12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son. 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.”
Jacob blesses all twelve sons according to their individual blessings.(Genesis 49)
- With: Jacob Reuben Simeon Levi Judah Zebulun Issachar Dan Asher Naphtali Joseph Benjamin
- “All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.”
Moses blessed the children of Israel before his death.(Deuteronomy 33)
- With: Moses Reuben Judah Levi Benjamin Joseph Zebulun Issachar Dan Naphtali Asher
- “And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.”

Genesis 30

parent: Zilpah “And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.”
parent: Jacob “And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.”

Genesis 35

siblings with Reuben “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
siblings with Simeon “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
siblings with Levi “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
siblings with Judah “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
siblings with Issachar “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
siblings with Zebulun “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
siblings with Joseph “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
siblings with Benjamin “Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:”
siblings with Asher “And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad, and Asher:”