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    Gad

    GAD

    Meaning

    Good fortune; Troop; Lucky

    Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Genesis

    What it points to

    Gad — 'a troop comes' — teaches that setbacks are not the end. 'He shall overcome at the last.' God's people may be temporarily overwhelmed, but the final victory always belongs to them.

    Verses · King James Version

    “And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.”

    Genesis 30:11

    “Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.”

    Genesis 49:19

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