Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 30:11 in context
Genesis 30:8–14
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Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.
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When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
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Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.
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Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.
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Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son.
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Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.
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Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
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