19 “Gad[a](A) will be attacked by a band of raiders,
    but he will attack them at their heels.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:19 Gad sounds like the Hebrew for attack and also for band of raiders.

19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

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20 About Gad(A) he said:

“Blessed is he who enlarges Gad’s domain!(B)
    Gad lives there like a lion,
    tearing at arm or head.

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20 And 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.

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21 He chose the best land for himself;(A)
    the leader’s portion was kept for him.(B)
When the heads of the people assembled,
    he carried out the Lord’s righteous will,(C)
    and his judgments concerning Israel.”

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21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.

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