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God, the Enlarger
Commentators unanimously agree that the phrase "Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad" is a declaration of praise to God. It acknowledges that God was the one who provided the tribe of Gad with a spacious and ample territory on the east side of the Jordan, a provision that would later expand through their own strength.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 33:20
18th Century
Theologian
That is, Blessed be God who shall grant to Gad a spacious territory. Compare the blessing of Shem (Genesis 9:26).
With the cr…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 33:20
19th Century
Bishop
Blessed be he that enlarges Gad. —The mountains of Gilead shut him in.
He dwells as a lion.—See [Referenc…
Charles Spurgeon
On Deuteronomy 33:19–22
19th Century
Preacher
And of Gad, he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad. God knows how to enlarge his people, give them more grace, more gifts, more opportu…
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John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 33:20
16th Century
Theologian
And of Gad he said. In the blessing of the tribe of Gad, mention is made only of the hereditary portion, which it had obtained without cas…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 33:20
17th Century
Pastor
And of Gad he said
The tribe of Gad, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem:
blessed [be] he th…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 33:6–23
17th Century
Minister
The order in which the tribes are blessed here is not the same as is observed elsewhere. The blessing of Judah may refer to the whole tribe in gene…