Gad
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Gad (Hebrew: גד, Gāḏ; Greek: Γάδ, Gad; Latin: Gad; "troop, company"), (b. Abib 2251 AMApril 1752 BC
Iyar 2008 He
Abib 2251 AM), was the first son of Jacob and Zilpah (who was Leah's maid) and the seventh of Jacob overall. He was the ancestor of the tribe of Gad.
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Date of birth
In the summer of 2250 AM, Leah realized that she had broken her earlier pattern of pregnancy and childbirth. So, just as Rachel had given her handmaid, Bilhah, to Jacob as a surrogate, Leah proposed the same arrangement with Jacob and her own handmaid, Zilpah.
Gad was born in the spring of 2251 AM, and Leah said, "A troop is coming!" (Genesis 30:9-11 )
Entry into Egypt
In Teveth 2298 AMJanuary 1705 BC
Shevat 2055 He
Teveth 2298 AM, Gad entered Egypt permanently, having visited Egypt twice before to buy grain during the famine of 2296-2302 AM (Abib 2296 AMApril 1707 BC
Nisan 2053 He
Abib 2296 AM-Abib 2303 AMApril 1700 BC
Nisan 2060 He
Abib 2303 AM). He was 47 years old at the time and had seven named sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. (Genesis 46:16 )
See Also
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References
- Jones, Floyd N. The Chronology of the Old Testament. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, p. 278.
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