Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Then Leah said, “What good fortune!” So she named him Gad.
The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
From the descendants of Gad: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock.
“Gad will have one portion; it will border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
