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Gad

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Gad (Hebrew: גד; "troop, company"), (b. 2251 AM 1753 BC
2008 H
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.

1 Date of birth
2 Entry into Egypt
3 Reference
4 See Also

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 2298 AM 1706 BC
2055 H
2298 AM, Gad entered Egypt permanently, having visited Egypt twice before to buy grain during the famine of 2296-2302 AM (28 March 1708 BC28 March 1708 BC
2 Nisan 2053 H
1 Abib 2296 AM-9 April 1701 BC9 April 1701 BC
2 Nisan 2060 H
1 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 )