Gad (son of Jacob)

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Gad
גָּד‎
Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (from Jacob and his twelve sons, c. 1640–45)
Pronunciation	Gad
Born	1564 BCE (10 Tishrei or 10 Marcheshvan, AM 2198)
Died	(aged 125)
Spouse	Uzith
Children	Ziphion (son) Haggi (son) Shuni (son) Ezbon (son) Eri (son) Arodi (son) Areli (son)[1]
Parents	Jacob (father) Zilpah (mother)
Relatives	Reuben (half brother) Simeon (half brother) Levi (half brother) Judah (half brother) Dan (half brother) Naphtali (half brother) Asher (brother) Issachar (half brother) Zebulun (half brother) Dinah (half sister) Joseph (half brother) Benjamin (half brother)

Gad (Hebrew: גָּד, Modern: Gad, Tiberian: Gāḏ, "luck") was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (and the seventh of Jacob's twelve sons overall) and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Gad.^[2] The text of Genesis implies that the name Gad means “luck”/“fortunate”, in Hebrew.