Mentioned in the Bible by name

Gad

From Gad: Eljasaf, son of Doel.

The sons of Gad, their generations, according to their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of names, every male individually, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war,

this was the number of those of the tribe of Gad, they were 45,650.

And [the third in this group is] the tribe of Gad.
The leader of the sons of Gad is Eliasaph, son of Reuel,

On the 6th day, Eljasaf, son of Doel, leader of the sons of Gad, offered his sacrifice.

And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph, son of Deuel.

From the tribe of Gad, Goel, son of Machi.
[Verses 5 and 17 both begin with the words "this" and "name" in Hebrew and serve as a frame for the list. Of these twelve names, only Caleb (verse 7) and Joshua (here called Hosea, see verse 9) are mentioned as giving a good report in other places in the Bible. The name Caleb comes from the Hebr. kelev, the word for dog, which in turn means "close to the heart." Probably in the sense that Caleb was faithful. Joshua is mentioned by the name given to him by Moses, see verse 17. The order of the list follows that in Num. 1:5–15 with the difference that Zebulun is separated from the other sons of Leah in verse 10 and "the tribe of Joseph" stands for Joseph's children Ephraim and Manasseh in verse 11.]

The sons of Gad by their families:
Of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites,
of Haggi, the family of the Haggites,
of Shoni, the family of the Shonites,

These are the families of the sons of Gad, those who were counted of them, 40,500.
[According to the first count, there were 45,650 (Num. 1:24–25), a decrease of 5,150.]

The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had very much livestock, and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, they saw that the place was a region suitable for livestock.

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses and the priest Eleazar and the leaders of the congregation, saying

And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, "Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do as my lord has commanded.

And Moses said to them, "If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben will cross over the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before the Lord (Yahweh), and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession,

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered and said, "As the Lord (Yahweh) has spoken to his servants, so we will do.

And Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, the land with its cities and their borders, as well as the cities of the land around it.

And the sons of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer,

And they journeyed from Ijim [Ijej-Haavarim, see verse 44] and camped at Dibon Gad.

And they journeyed from Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblatajma.

For the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh has received their inheritance.

We occupied this land at that time, from Aroer, which is on the valley of Arnon, and half of the hill country of Gilead, and I gave its towns to the Reubenites and the Gadites.

And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the valley of Arnon, the middle of the valley as a border as far as the river Jabbok, which is the border of the sons of Ammon,

And these [six tribes] shall stand on Mount Ebal [present-day Imad-el-Deen, to the north] for the curse:
Reuben (Hebr. Reoven) [the eldest; Leah's firstborn];
Gad and Asher [whose mother was Zilpah – Leah's maidservant] and
Zebulun (Hebr. Zevolun);
Dan. and Naphtali [whose mother was Bilhah – Rachel's maidservant].

And we took their land and gave it to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. [Num. 21:21–34; 32]

And to Gad he said, "Blessed is he who increases Gad; he dwells like a lioness and breaks the bone, yes, the crown of the head.

And Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, saying:

And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed, before the sons of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them.

Moses, the servant of the Lord (Yahweh), and the sons of Israel defeated them, and Moses, the servant of the Lord (Yahweh), gave it [the land east of the Jordan] as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh [Num. 32:1–42; Josh. 13:8–32].

With him, the Reubenites and Gadites received their inheritance that Moses gave them on the other side of the Jordan to the east, as Moses, the servant of the Lord (Yahweh), gave them.

And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, according to their families.

This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages.

But the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance, and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance on the other side of the Jordan, to the east, which Moses, the servant of the Lord (Yahweh), gave them."

And beyond [east of] the Jordan at Jericho, eastward, they set apart [also three cities:]
Bezer in the wilderness of the lowland from the tribe of Reuben, and
Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and
Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

The sons of Merari, according to their families, received from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with the open land around it, the city of refuge for a manslayer, and Mahanaim with the open land around it,

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

So the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned and left the sons of Israel. They went out from Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead [east of the Jordan River], to the land of their possessions which they had taken according to the commandment of the Lord (Yahweh) through the hand of Moses. [Num. 32:20–24]

And when they came to the area of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a large altar to look at.

And the sons of Israel heard it said, "Behold, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar before the land of Canaan, in the region of the Jordan on the side facing the sons of Israel."

And the sons of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead,

And they came to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, and spoke with them, saying:

Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the leaders of the thousands of Israel (clans, families – family groups):

For the Lord (Yahweh) has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad, you have no part in the Lord (Yahweh), so your sons may cause our sons to cease to revere the Lord (Yahweh).

And when the priest Phinehas and the leaders of the congregation, the leaders of the thousands of Israel (clans, families – family groups) who were with him, heard the words that the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them.

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, said to the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh: "Today we know (we are intimately acquainted with) that the Lord (Yahweh) is in our midst, because you have not been treacherous toward the Lord (Yahweh), and have not delivered the sons of Israel to fall away from the hand of the Lord (Yahweh)."

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad out of the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan to the sons of Israel, and brought word.

These words pleased the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed the Lord (Yahweh) and spoke no more of going up to fight against them, to destroy the land where the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad lived.

And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad gave the altar the name: It is a witness between us that the Lord (Yahweh) is God (Elohim).

Some of the Hebrews had crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead [east of the Jordan River].
But Saul was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling with fear.

Jigal, son of Nathan, from Tsova,
Bani, the Gadite,

And they crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and at Jazer.

from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, Gilead, and Bashan.

The children of Gad lived opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salca:

The children of Reuben and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh were valiant men who carried shield and sword and drew the bow and were trained for war. They numbered 44,760 men ready for battle.

Then the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of the Assyrian king Pul [Tiglath-Pileser III], that is, the spirit of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser. He carried the people away into captivity, both the Reubenites and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh. He brought them to Halah, [the river] Habor, Hara, and the stream of Gozan [in present-day northern Iraq], where they are to this day.

The descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun, by lot, family by family.

and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with pasture lands, Mahanaim with pasture lands,

Some of the Gadites went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness, brave men, warriors skilled in battle, armed with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

These were of the sons of Gad, and were chief men in the host: the least of them was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.

and from beyond the Jordan, from the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 120,000, armed for battle with all kinds of weapons.

His brothers were able men, 2,700 in number, heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh to take care of all the affairs of God and the king.

To the sons of Ammon. Thus says the Lord (Yahweh):
Does Israel have no sons,
or does he have no heir?
Why does Malkam take possession of Gad
and his people dwell in its cities?

Next to Zebulun's territory, Gad shall have a lot, from the east side to the west.

Next to Gad's territory, on its southern side, the border shall run from Tamar across the waters of Meribah at Kadesh and on to the stream [Egypt's stream – Wadi al Arish] to the Great Sea.

The west side shall measure 4,500 [cubits; 2.3 km] and have three gates: the first is the gate of Gad, the second the gate of Asher, and the third the gate of Naphtali.