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Original
Notes
Three of the six Hebrew words in this verse are wordplays on the name Gad, which means "attack." Gad will be attacked by raiding groups, but he will also attack them back. The tribes living east of the Jordan River often experienced raids on their borders (see Joshua 13; 2 Kings 10:32–33; 1 Chronicles 5:18–19).
By faith, and as one who speaks for God, Jacob looked ahead to Israel’s future in the land and beyond to a greater future still.
At the end of the time of the patriarchs (the early fathers of Israel), he spoke about what would happen to each tribe. He did this as he considered each of his sons, one by one, just as Noah had done earlier (compare 9:25–27).
The character and actions of each ancestor affected the lives of their descendants (Exodus 20:5–6; 34:6–7; Numbers 14:18; Jeremiah 32:18).
People
Gad: Israelite tribe; descended from Gad, son of Jacob
Glossary
Book of Exodus Concubinage, Concubines Gad (Person) Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the Poetry, Biblical Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Topics
Children: Male: Received the Blessing of Their Father Before his Death Death: Scenes of Death of Jacob Gad: Jacob's Seventh Son: Prophecy Concerning Jacob: His Final Prophetic Benedictions Upon his Sons: Gad Parents: Paternal Blessings of Jacob Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Blessing and Cursing Their Children the Tribe of Gad: Predictions Respecting The Tribes of Israel: Predictions Respecting Each of