| Genesis 49:19
| Gad, being girded, shall fight before him: and he himself shall be girded backward.
| Gad, being girded, etc. It seems to allude to the tribe of Gad; when, after they had received for their lot the land of Galaad, they marched in arms before the rest of the Israelites, to the conquest of the land of Chanaan: from whence they afterwards returned loaded with spoils. See Josue 1; and Josue 22. (Challoner) --- He alludes continually to the name of Gad, which signifies one "girded, or a troop." See Osee 6:8; Numbers 32:17. (Calmet)
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