Genesis 30:11

11 Leah said, "I've been lucky!" So she called him Gad [Luck].

Genesis 30:11 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Genesis 30:11 In-Context

9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as his wife.

10 Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to a son for Jacob.

11 Leah said, "I've been lucky!" So she called him Gad [Luck].

12 Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to her second son for Jacob.

13 Leah said, "I've been blessed! Women will call me blessed." So she named him Asher [Blessing].