Home People Eri Eri was one of the sons of Gad, who himself was a son of the patriarch Jacob and Zilpah, Leah's maidservant. Eri is mentioned in the genealogies as one of those who accompanied Jacob to Egypt. He was the ancestor of the Erite clan among the Gadites.
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Key events Eri is listed as one of Gad's sons in the list of Jacob's descendants who went down to Egypt.
16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli; Heb וּבְנֵ֣י גָ֔ד צִפְי֥וֹן וְחַגִּ֖י שׁוּנִ֣י וְאֶצְבֹּ֑ן עֵרִ֥י וַֽאֲרוֹדִ֖י וְאַרְאֵלִֽי׃
Eri is mentioned as the origin of the Eri clan in the census of Israel's tribes in the wilderness.
16 from Ozni, the Oznite clan; from Eri, the Erite clan; Heb לְאָזְנִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָאָזְנִ֑י לְעֵרִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָעֵרִֽי׃
As part of Jacob's extended family, Eri was among the seventy people who traveled to Egypt during the famine, where Joseph had already become a powerful leader.
26 All the persons belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt, his own direct descendants, not counting the wives of Jacob's sons, numbered sixty-six in all. Heb כָּל־הַ֠נֶּפֶשׁ הַבָּאָ֨ה לְיַעֲקֹ֤ב מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ יֹצְאֵ֣י יְרֵכ֔וֹ מִלְּבַ֖ד נְשֵׁ֣י בְנֵי־יַעֲקֹ֑ב כָּל־נֶ֖פֶשׁ שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וָשֵֽׁשׁ׃
27 With the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt, the persons of Jacob's household who came to Egypt numbered seventy. Heb וּבְנֵ֥י יוֹסֵ֛ף אֲשֶׁר־יֻלַּד־ל֥וֹ בְמִצְרַ֖יִם נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׁנָ֑יִם כָּל־הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ לְבֵֽית־יַעֲקֹ֛ב הַבָּ֥אָה מִצְרַ֖יְמָה שִׁבְעִֽים׃ פ
Gad, son of Jacob and Zilpah, had seven sons, including Eri, all of whom became ancestors of their respective clans within the tribe of Gad.
16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli; Heb וּבְנֵ֣י גָ֔ד צִפְי֥וֹן וְחַגִּ֖י שׁוּנִ֣י וְאֶצְבֹּ֑ן עֵרִ֥י וַֽאֲרוֹדִ֖י וְאַרְאֵלִֽי׃
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; she bore these to Jacob—sixteen persons in all. Heb אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י זִלְפָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן לָבָ֖ן לְלֵאָ֣ה בִתּ֑וֹ וַתֵּ֤לֶד אֶת־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב שֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה נָֽפֶשׁ׃
Mentioned in the Bible (2)