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Gad

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Gad is a son of Jacob born to Zilpah, the handmaid of Leah. Leah named him Gad after Zilpah conceived and bare him on the twelfth of the eighth month. He is listed among the sons of Jacob, went with him into Egypt, and fathered sons named Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Areli, and Arodi. Gad also went forth with Judah and Naphtali and fifty servants and slew all they found before them on the south side of a tower.

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Son Of Jacob Zilpah Leah Patriarch Egypt

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Gad in Jubilees 28

The Book of Jubilees 28:20

And when Leah saw that she had become sterile and did not bear, she envied Rachel, and she also gave her handmaid Zilpah...

A20nd when Leah saw that she had become sterile and did not bear, she envied Rachel, and she also gave her handmaid Zilpah to Jacob to wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and Leah called his name Gad, on the twelfth of the eighth month, in the third year of the fourth week. 2131 A.M.

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Gad in Jubilees 33

The Book of Jubilees 33:22

And these were the names of the sons of Jacob: the first-born Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulon, the sons o...

A22nd these were the names of the sons of Jacob: the first-born Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulon, the sons of Leah; and the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin; and the sons of Bilhah, Dan and Naphtali; and the sons of Zilpah, Gad and Asher; and Dinah, the daughter of Leah, the only daughter of Jacob.

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Gad in Jubilees 38

The Book of Jubilees 38:5

And Judah went forth in front, and Naphtali and Gad with him and fifty servants with him on the south side of the tower,...

A5nd Judah went forth in front, and Naphtali and Gad with him and fifty servants with him on the south side of the tower, and they slew all they found before them, and not one individual of them escaped.

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