Gad
seventh-born son of Jacob (GEN 30:11, GEN 35:26), son of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid
PersonTribe of Gadmale45 verses
Names
- Gad — גָּֽד gad “fortune” (H1410) · Γαδ Gad (G1045) — Genesis 30:11
Family
Ancestry
- ancestor of Deuel (inferred)
- ancestor of Machi
- ancestor of Joel (chief, Gadite)
- ancestor of Shapham
- ancestor of Janai
- ancestor of Shaphat (second chief in Bashan, Gadite)
- ancestor of Meshullam (???, Gadite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Sheba (???, Gadite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jorai (inferred)
- ancestor of Jacan (inferred)
- ancestor of Zia (inferred)
- ancestor of Eber (???, Gadite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Buz (father of Jahdo, Gadite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Guni (father of Abdiel, Gadite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Ezer (first among the Gadites to go to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Obadiah (second among the Gadites to go to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Eliab (third among the Gadites to go to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Mishmannah (inferred)
- ancestor of Jeremiah (fifth among the Gadites to go to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Attai (sixth among the Gadites to go to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Eliel (seventh among the Gadites to go to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Johanan (eighth among the Gadites to go to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Elzabad (ninth among the Gadites to go to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jeremiah (tenth among the Gadites to go to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Machbannai (inferred)
Siblings
- brother of Asher (inferred)
- half-brother of Issachar (ninth-born son of Jacob, son of Leah) (inferred)
- half-brother of Zebulun (inferred)
- half-brother of Dinah (inferred)
- half-brother of Joseph (eleventh-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
- half-brother of Benjamin (twelfth-born son of Jacob and Rachel) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Gad* — 2,259 AH · 1,703 BC · aged 0 — Genesis 30:11
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Paddan-aram — Birth of Gad* (Genesis 35:26)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Gilead 1 — 8 shared verses
- Jordan — 5 shared verses
- Canaan — 4 shared verses
- Bashan — 2 shared verses
- Geliloth — 2 shared verses
- Mahanaim — 2 shared verses
- Ramoth 3 — 2 shared verses
- Aroer 1 — 1 shared verse
- Ataroth 1 — 1 shared verse
- Dibon 1 — 1 shared verse
- Jazer — 1 shared verse
- Salecah — 1 shared verse
and 1 further places named alongside this person.
Appearances
- Genesis 30:11
- Genesis 35:26
- Genesis 46:16
- Genesis 49:19
- Exodus 1:4
- Numbers 1:14
- Numbers 1:24
- Numbers 1:25
- Numbers 2:14
- Numbers 7:42
- Numbers 10:20
- Numbers 13:15
and 33 further references.