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What does Genesis 30:11 mean?

"Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad."

— Genesis 30:11 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

8

Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.

9

When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

10

Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son.

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Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.

12

Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son.

13

Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.

14

Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

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