KJV King James Version
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
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Genesis 49:19
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
WEB World English Bible
“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
ASV American Standard Version
Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Gad! a troop assaulteth him, But he assaulteth last.
Surrounding context — Genesis 49
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20 Out of Asher his bread [shall be] fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22 Joseph [is] a fruitful bough, [even] a fruitful bough by a well; [whose] branches run over the wall:
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Deuteronomy 33:20-21And of Gad he said, Blessed [be] he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.1 Chronicles 5:11-22And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:Genesis 30:11And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.1 Chronicles 5:26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.1 Chronicles 3:18-22Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.Numbers 32:1-42Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle;Genesis 46:16And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.Joshua 13:8With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, [even] as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;Judges 10:1-11And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
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