Gad
Gad – 𐤂𐤃
Meaning in Paleo: “Troop” or “Fortune.” Leah’s handmaid Zilpah bore him, and Leah said, “A troop comes,” so she called his name Gad. The name points to increase, strength in numbers, and victory through divine favor.
Ya’aqob’s Prophetic Word (Barashiyth):
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. This reveals endurance and restoration—though attacked, Gad will prevail in the end, rising with resilience and triumph.
Moshah’s Barakah (Dabarim):
Blessed be he who enlarges Gad: he dwells as a lion, and tears the arm with the crown of the head. And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of YaHU’aH, and His judgments with Yashar’al.
Overcoming at the Last: Ewe (Togo, Benin)
Tribe of Gad
Identified with the Ewe people of Togo, Benin, and southeastern Ghana, the tribe of Gad embodies the spirit of resilience and prophetic triumph, as spoken in:
“Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.”
This prophecy is not vague—it foretells a cycle of conquest and redemption. The “troop” reflects both spiritual adversaries and historical realities: colonial armies, foreign religions, and especially the transatlantic slave trade, which heavily targeted the West African coast. The Ewe were among those overcome.
But YaHU’aH’s word declared the end from the beginning. Gad shall overcome at the last.
The Ewe people’s cultural endurance through war, enslavement, and migration proves this out. Their customs, oral histories, and Torah-shadowed traditions remain rooted even in the face of colonial attempts to erase them.
Among these is the Vodun system, often misunderstood but originally based on reverence for a single Supreme Creator (Mawu), moral purity, and ancestral accountability. Over time, syncretism and foreign influence blurred these roots—but the foundational truths echo:
“Thou shalt have no other mighty ones before Me.”
Positioned in the exact slave-raided regions outlined in Dabarim 28:64–68, the Ewe’s suffering fulfills the first part of Gad’s prophecy. But now, in the Great Awakening, descendants of this tribe are stirring. The “last” part is unfolding — returning to the covenant, casting down idols, and reclaiming their tribal identity. This is the “overcoming.”
Additionally, across the Massa (Masa) communities of Cameroon and Chad, many shared customs and migratory links tie into Gad’s wider West African dispersion — a tribal echo stretching beyond borders.
Gad (Ewe & Massa)
• Historical Context: Targeted by slave raids, fought colonial powers, retained identity despite oppression.
• Cultural Practices: Supreme-creator reverence (Mawu), ancestral purity, resistance tradition — “shall overcome at the last.”
Tribal Identity: Gad
African Link: Ewe (Togo, Benin, Ghana), Massa (Cameroon, Chad)