The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible Genesis 30:11
And Leah said, a troop cometh… A troop of children,
having bore four herself, and now her maid another, and more she expected;
or the commander of a troop cometh, one that shall head an army and
overcome his enemies; which agrees with the prophecy of Jacob,
(Genesis 49:19) ;
and she called his name Gad: which signifies a "troop", glorying in the
multitude of her children, that she had or hoped to have.
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