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Genesis 30:10-12
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Genesis 30:10-12
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10 Soon Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son.[a] 11 Leah said, “How fortunate!”[b] So she named him Gad.[c]
12 Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.[d]
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- Genesis 30:10 tn Heb “and Zilpah, the servant of Leah, bore for Jacob a son.”
- Genesis 30:11 tc The statement in the Kethib (consonantal text) appears to mean literally “with good fortune,” if one takes the initial ב (bet) as a preposition indicating accompaniment. The Qere (marginal reading) means “good fortune has arrived.”
- Genesis 30:11 sn The name Gad (גָּד, gad) means “good fortune.” The name reflects Leah’s feeling that good fortune has come her way, as expressed in her statement recorded earlier in the verse.
- Genesis 30:12 tn Heb “and Zilpah, the servant of Leah, bore a second son for Jacob.”
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