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Numbers 32:2
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, (Numbers 32:2)
Gad.
 Gad takes the initiative in proposing their idea. No mention is made of Manasseh, who also had much cattle and shared in the country east of Jordan with Gad and Reuben (see Deut. 3:12, 13; 4:43; 29:8; Joshua 12:6; 13:29, 31; 14:3; 18:7).