Genesis 30:11

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

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Interpretation

Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to our neighbours and ourselves. She considered not that God made the difference, and that in other things she had the advantage.

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This thought runs through Genesis 30:9-13.

Genesis 30:9 Genesis 30:10 Genesis 30:11 Genesis 30:12 Genesis 30:13

Glossary

Leah Person: Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel ( Gen. 29:16 ). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father ( Gen. 29:23 ). She was “tender-eyed” (17).
Gad Person: Fortune; luck. (1. ) Jacob’s seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and the brother of Asher ( Gen. 30:11-13 ; 46:16 , 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, “A troop cometh: and she called,” etc.