Gad
Family: Jacob's family · Role: son · First appears: The Birth Of Jacob's Children
Zilpah bore Jacob a son, and Leah named him Gad, meaning “fortune.” In the war with the Ninevites, Gad and Issachar attacked together, killing many warriors and driving others into a cave. When the Ninevites attacked them, Dan and Naphtali came to their aid; on the third day, Gad and his brothers joined Jacob in routing the enemy host.
Later, at Mount Seir, Gad was among Jacob’s sons who defeated Esau’s army and besieged the fugitives. Esau’s sons and the others then submitted to peace, and Jacob’s sons exacted tribute from them.
Relationship record
Life events
- Zilpah bore Jacob a son, Gad.(The Birth Of Jacob's Children)
- Issachar and Gad attacked the Ninevites, slew warriors, and drove many into a cave.(The War With The Ninevites)
- With: Issachar
- “The leaders of the day slew forty-eight thousand warriors, and put to flight twelve myriads more, who concealed themselves in a cave.”
- Dan and Naphtali came to Issachar and Gad's aid when the Ninevites attacked them.(The War With The Ninevites)
- Jacob and his sons routed the Ninevite host, and the fleeing army ultimately fled in defeat.(The War With The Ninevites)
- Jacob's sons defeated Esau's army, pursued the fugitives, and besieged them on Mount Seir.(Esau's Campaign Against Jacob · 📍 Mount Seir)
- Esau's sons and the fugitives submitted to peace and agreed to pay tribute.(Esau's Campaign Against Jacob · 📍 Mount Seir)
- With: Jacob Judah Naphtali Levi Dan Reuben Issachar Zebulon Simon Benjamin Enoch (son of Reuben) Reuel Jeush Lotan Korah
- “Now the sons of Esau and all the other fugitives came and fell down before them, bowed down, and entreated them without cease, until they concluded peace with them. But the sons of Jacob exacted tribute from them.”
The Birth Of Jacob's Children
- parent: Jacob “Leah called the boy Gad”
- parent: Zilpah “Zilpah was so young that her body betrayed no outward signs of pregnancy, and nothing was known of her condition until her son was born. Leah called the boy Gad”
Jacob Wrestles With The Angel
- parent: Jacob “Jacob proceeded to pass his sons in review: Reuben, Joseph, Dan, and Gad being the first-born, each of his mother, were exempt, and there remained but eight sons, and when he had named them, down to Benjamin, he had to go back and begin over again with Simon, the ninth, and finish with Levi as the tenth.”
The War With The Ninevites
- parent: Jacob “Issachar and Gad said that this day they would take the combat upon themselves, and their father bade them do it while their brothers kept guard and held themselves in readiness to aid and relieve the two combatants when they showed signs of weariness and exhaustion.”
- siblings with Issachar “Issachar and Gad said that this day they would take the combat upon themselves, and their father bade them do it while their brothers kept guard and held themselves in readiness to aid and relieve the two combatants when they showed signs of weariness and exhaustion.”
- siblings with Dan “Dan and Naphtali saw the plight of their brothers and ran to their assistance.”
- siblings with Naphtali “Dan and Naphtali saw the plight of their brothers and ran to their assistance.”
Esau's Campaign Against Jacob
- parent: Jacob “Judah made a sally to the south of the citadel, and with him were Naphtali and Gad”
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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.