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Gad ( Hebrew גָּד, "Happiness, favorable guidance") is the name of one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Tanakh , the Hebrew Bible . These are considered to be the ancestors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel . Gad is the seventh son of Jacob and the first of Silpa , the maid of Jacob's wife Leah ( Gen 30,9ff EU ). His direct younger brother was Asser . In other tribal lists, Gad and Asser appear last in the order of the sons ( Gen 35,26 EU ; 1 Chr 1,1ff EU ). When the tribe of Jacob moves to Egypt, Gad has seven sons ( Gen 46:16 EU ).
tribe
The tribe of Gad received their territory east of the Jordan, between Reuben and Manasseh, while Moses was still alive. The area is fertile and includes a number of cities in Canaan ( Num 32.1–38 EU ). When allotted, the tribe undertakes to help the other tribes conquer Canaan. Due to its geographical location and proximity to hostile tribes, the Gad tribe has repeatedly been involved in armed conflicts throughout history. In Ezekiel's prophecy, Gad is the last tribe to get its share of the promised land, in the very south ( Ezekiel 48.27 EU ).
Other meanings
Gad appears in Assyria and Babylonia as the name of a planet and at the same time an astral deity . The Romans replace him with the god name Jupiter .
See also
Web links
- Andreas Angerstorfer: Gad. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.
literature
- Fritz Rienecker, Gerhard Maier: Lexicon for the Bible. SCM R.Brockhaus, 8th edition, Witten 2010, ISBN 978-3-417-24678-0 , p. 510.