Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
20. And of Gad he said. In the blessing of the tribe of Gad, mention is only made of the hereditary portion, which it had obtained without casting of lots. He therefore celebrates the blessing of God, because He had accorded to the Gadites an ample dwelling-place; for the word “enlargeth” refers to the extent of their possession.
God's providence wisely assigns different employments to different men: some to the sea, some to the soil, some to war. It is the great art of happiness to be well pleased with your place. Zebulun and Issachar, neighbors and brothers, each rejoices in the work God set before him.
AI summary
Commenting on Deuteronomy 33:18-21
And he provided a first part for himself,.... That is, the portion of the land of Sihon and Og, as Jarchi rightly interprets it; which was the beginning or firstfruits of the subduing of the land that was promised; this he looked at, chose, and desired it as his inheritance, Num 32:1, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; or in...