Hello Mr. Davidiy:

These are only some thoughts I have had over the years.  Forgive my

ramblings.

You mentioned the town of Cadiz in Spain as being the same as

Gadir/Gades.  I stumbled upon this a few years ago when someone sold me

"Webster's Geographical Dictionary", published in 1949.  This was

shortly after I had read about Cadmus in Greek mythology.  Cadmus was a

Phoencian, according to most sources,  who had roots in Egypt.  He is

connected with another character named Danaus who also had roots in

Egypt.  Both left Egypt and settled in Greece.  The legend of Danaus is

that he had 50 daughters and of Cadmus, he invented the Greek alphabet.

I can't say anything absolute but the names, as you can see, are similar

to Dan and Gad, the half brothers who may have been falsely accused by

Joseph for slaughtering a ewe lamb that Jacob had designated for

breeding.  As I have seen in these Britam publications, the Hebrew is

often ambiguous and very difficult to translate into other languages.

I have read somewhere in my Artscroll commentary about the many times

that the name of Gad has been incorporated into Phoencian names.  The

name of Gad, as spelled in English, is even incorporated into the name

of the infamous dictator of modern Libya.  I shall not ramble on any

more for now.

Jay