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Eri

עֵרִי · e.ri · H6179“my city” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions in 2 books, most in Genesis (1)

Who he was

Eri was one of the sons of Gad, who was among the seventy members of Jacob's family that went down to Egypt (Genesis 46:16). He became the head of the Erite clan, which was named after him. The Erites were counted among the descendants of Gad during the census taken in the wilderness of Sinai (Numbers 26:16).

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Family

FatherGadSiblingsZiphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Arod, Areli
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Every mention

2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Genesis 1 mention

Numbers 1 mention

What the dictionary says

(watchful), son of Gad, (Genesis 46:16) and ancestor of the Erites.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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