Gad
A son of Jacob. The
first of his two sons by Zilpah, Leah's slave. His only full brother was Asher.
(30:10-13; 35:26) Asher had seven sons: Zipheon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi,
and Areli. (46:16)
Gaham
A child of Nahor
(Abraham's brother) by his concubine, Reumah. (22:24)
Galeed
A heap of stones
gathered by Jacob and Laban as a testimony to their peace treaty, and as a
boundary division between their two countries. "Galeed" was Jacob's
name for it. Laban's was "Jegar-Shahadutha" or "Jegarshahadutha".
(31:43-53) The heap was made in the mountainous area of Gilead. (31:21-25)
Gatam
A child of Eliphaz.
(36:10-11) He was a chief in Edom. (36:16)
Gaza
A city near the border
between Canaan and Egypt. (10:19)
Gera
A son of Benjamin. He
was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,21)
Gerar - There are two:
1. A city near the
southern border of the land of Canaan. It was ruled by the Philistines. Abram
and his wife Sarai visited Gerar. The king there was Abimelech. (chapter 20)
Later, during a time of famine, Isaac and his wife Rebekah lived in Gerar for a
time. Abimelech was the king then too. They stayed in Gerar until Isaac was
becoming too rich a man, and the citizens were jealous. So Abimelech warned
Isaac to leave. (chapter 26)
2. A valley near the city
of Gerar. In chapter 26, after leaving the city of Gerar, Isaac, Rebekah, and
their servants moved to the valley nearby. While there, they dug three wells,
named Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth. Then they moved to the city of Beersheba. (26:17-23)
Gershom (also called Gershon)
A son of Levi. He was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,11)
Gershon (also called Gershom)
A son of Levi. He was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,11)
Gether
A child of Aram. (10:23)
Gibon
One of the four rivers
that came out of the river that flowed out of the Garden of Eden. It encompassed
the land of Ethiopia. (2:13)
Gilead
A mountainous area. It
was here that Laban overtook the fleeing Jacob. He wanted to say good-bye to his
family, and also to get some idols back that someone had stolen from his house.
When Laban overtook Jacob, he told him that he
suspected someone in Jacob's party had stolen the household idols of his gods.
Jacob didn't know anything about it, and he allowed Laban to search his people
for them. Jacob didn't know that the culprit was his wife, Rachel. Laban
searched for the idols, but he couldn't find them. (Rachel was sitting on them.)
Jacob and Laban made a pact not to hurt each other
again. They gathered a heap of stones as a testimony to their peace treaty, and as a
boundary division between their two countries. Laban said good-bye to his daughters, and went home.
Girgashite
A subdivision of
the Canaanites. (10:16; 16:16,21)
Gomer
A son of Japeth. (10:2-3)
Gomorrah
A city in the land
of Canaan. (10:19) It was located in the land of Jordan. (13:10) It was one of
the five cities that banded together and rebelled against Chedolaomer in the
battle in the valley of Siddim. Gomorrah was on the losing side. (chapter 14)
Goren Atad (also called Atad)
A place near the Jordan river. After Jacob's death, his family brought his body
to Canaan for burial. On the way to Canaan, they stopped at Atad for a period of
seven days of mourning. (50:7-10) When the Canaanites saw them mourning, they
called the place "Abel Mizraim". (50:11)
Goshen
A region in Egypt.
Jacob and his family relocated there near the end of Genesis. (46:34; 47:1,5)
Guni
A son of Naphtali. He was one
of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,24)
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