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Gad |
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- «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gad_(Bible)
Gad«/b» («u»Hebrew «/u»: ; "luck") was, according to the «u»Book of Genesis «/u», the first son of «u»Jacob «/u» and «u»Zilpah «/u», the seventh of Jacob overall, and the founder of the «u»Israelite Tribe «/u» of «u»Gad «/u»; however some «u»Biblical scholars «/u» view this as postdiction, an «u»eponymous «/u» «u»metaphor «/u» providing an «u»aetiology «/u» of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation. The text of the «u»Torah «/u» argues that the name of «i»Gad«/i» means «i»luck«/i»/«i»fortunate«/i», in «u»Hebrew «/u», deriving from a «u»root «/u» meaning «i»cut«/i»/«i»divide«/i», in the sense of «i»divided out«/i»; «u»classical rabbinical literature «/u» argues that the name was a prophetic reference to the «u»manna «/u»; some «u»Biblical scholars «/u» suspect that refers to a deity originally worshipped by the tribe, namely «u»Gad «/u», the semitic deity of fortune, who, according to the «u»Book of Isaiah «/u», was still worshipped by certain Hebrews during the 6th century BC.
In the Biblical account, Gad's mother is only a «i»handmaid«/i», rather than a wife of Jacob, which scholars see as indicating that the authors saw the tribe of Gad as being not of entirely Israelite origin«u»[2]«/u»; many scholars believe that Gad was a late addition to the Israelite confederation, as implied by the «u»Moabite Stone «/u», which seemingly differentiates between the Israelites and the tribe of Gad, and the books «u»of Samuel «/u» and «u»of Kings «/u», which appear to portray Gad as an enemy of Israel «i»Gad«/i» appears to have originally been a northwards-migrating «u»nomadic «/u» tribe, at a time when the other tribes were quite settled in Canaan.
According to «u»classical rabbinical literature «/u», Gad was born on the tenth of «u»Heshwan «/u», and lived 125 years. These sources go on to state that, unlike his other brothers, «u»Joseph «/u» didn't present Gad to the «u»Pharaoh «/u», since Joseph didn't want Gad to become one of Pharaoh's guards, an appointment that would have been likely had the Pharaoh realised that Gad had great strength.
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I61508 |
Glenn Cook Family |
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3 Dec 2009 |
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