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Gad, in the Bible, son of Jacob and Zilpah and eponymous founder of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. Its allotment was half of Gilead 1 Eponym of the Gileadites, grandson of Manasseh. 2 Gadite. 3 Jephthah's father. 4 City near Mizpah, denounced by Hosea . 5 Fertile, mountainous region, NE of the Dead Sea. ..... Click the link for more information. ; this was the land best suited to the pastoral life, which Gad, like Reuben, continued after the years in Egypt. The "people of Gad" are mentioned on the Moabite stone. |
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Then Joshua began his terrible raid, and from Jericho clear to this Baal- Gad, he swept the land like the Genius of Destruction. Gad, I have no notion of bruising myself to get rid of anyone's beard; let each one shave himself as best he can; I'm not going to accompany my master on any such long journey; besides, I can't give any help to the shaving of these beards as I can to the disenchantment of my lady Dulcinea. "Tricked by Gad, that's what I was, tricked by life and made a fool of," he said in a low voice. |
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