Gad_(son_of_Jacob)
Gad (son of Jacob)
Biblical figure and son of Jacob and Zilpah
Gad (Hebrew: גָּד, Modern: Gad, Tiberian: Gāḏ, "luck") was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (Jacob's seventh son) and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Gad.[2] The text of the Book of Genesis implies that the name of Gad means luck/fortunate, in Hebrew.
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