Gad's Journey Map

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Gad's Journey Map

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Zilpah bears Gad, and Leah calls it good fortune.
GEN.30.11

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. {Gad: that is, A troop, or, company}

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Gad

Gad was Zilpah's first son, and Leah named him for the good fortune his birth brought her. Jacob's blessing plays on the name: a troop shall overcome him, but he shall overcome at the last. His tribe asked for the land east of the Jordan and defended its frontier for centuries.

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Journey Timeline

  1. Birthc. 1915 BC

    Haran

    Zilpah bears Gad, and Leah calls it good fortune.

    GEN 30:11

  2. Into Egyptc. 1876 BC

    Egypt

    Gad goes down into Egypt with seven sons.

    GEN 46:16

  3. Jacob's blessingc. 1859 BC

    Egypt

    Jacob says a troop shall overcome him, but he shall overcome at the last.

    GEN 49:19

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