Genesis 49:19

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

American King James Version (AKJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.

Webster's Revision

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

World English Bible

"A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

English Revised Version (ERV)

Gad, a troop shall press upon him: But he shall press upon their heel.

Barnes's Genesis 49:19 Bible Commentary

Gad also shall be subject to the assaults of the enemy. But he shall resist the foe and harass his rear. This brief character agrees with his after history. He is reckoned among the valiant men in Scripture 1 Chronicles 5:18.

Wesley's Genesis 49:19 Bible Commentary

49:19 Concerning Gad, he alludes to his name, which signifies a troop, foresees the character of that tribe, that it should be a warlike tribe; and so we find, 1 Chronicles 12:8, the Gadites were men of war fit for the battle. He foresees, that the situation of that tribe on the other side Jordan would expose it to the incursions of its neighbours, the Moabites and Ammonites; and that they might not be proud of their strength and valour, he foretells that the troops of their enemies should, in many skirmishes, overcome them; yet, that they might not be discouraged by their defeats, he assures them, that they should overcome at the last, which was fulfilled, when in Saul's time and David's the Moabites and Ammonites were wholly subdued.