Genesis 30:12 — Meaning and Application

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. {Gad: that is, A troop, or, company}

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. {Happy...: Heb. In my happiness} {Asher: that is, Happy}

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.