Eshbon
Son of Gad
Also known as: Ezbon, Ozni
Eshbon was one of the sons of Gad, who was a son of Jacob and Zilpah. He is mentioned among those who followed Jacob to Egypt when the family settled there during the famine. Eshbon is counted among the founders of Israel's tribal clans through the tribe of Gad.
Family
Key events
Mentioned among the sons of Gad
Esbon is listed as one of the seven sons of Gad in the genealogy in Genesis.
16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli;
וּבְנֵ֣י גָ֔ד צִפְי֥וֹן וְחַגִּ֖י שׁוּנִ֣י וְאֶצְבֹּ֑ן עֵרִ֥י וַֽאֲרוֹדִ֖י וְאַרְאֵלִֽי׃
Jacob's family travels to Egypt
Esbon was among the 70 people in Jacob's household who traveled to Egypt to settle in Goshen during the famine.
26All 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.
כָּל־הַ֠נֶּפֶשׁ הַבָּאָ֨ה לְיַעֲקֹ֤ב מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ יֹצְאֵ֣י יְרֵכ֔וֹ מִלְּבַ֖ד נְשֵׁ֣י בְנֵי־יַעֲקֹ֑ב כָּל־נֶ֖פֶשׁ שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וָשֵֽׁשׁ׃
27With the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt, the persons of Jacob's household who came to Egypt numbered seventy.
וּבְנֵ֥י יוֹסֵ֛ף אֲשֶׁר־יֻלַּד־ל֥וֹ בְמִצְרַ֖יִם נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׁנָ֑יִם כָּל־הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ לְבֵֽית־יַעֲקֹ֛ב הַבָּ֥אָה מִצְרַ֖יְמָה שִׁבְעִֽים׃ פ
The genealogy in Numbers
Esbon is mentioned again in the census of the tribes of Israel in the wilderness, where his descendants form a clan within the tribe of Gad. He is also called Osbon here.
16from Ozni, the Oznite clan; from Eri, the Erite clan;
לְאָזְנִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָאָזְנִ֑י לְעֵרִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָעֵרִֽי׃
The tribe of Gad in 1 Chronicles
Esbon's lineage is confirmed in the genealogies of Chronicles as part of the tribe of Gad.
7The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri — five, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors. Their genealogical record numbered twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
וּבְנֵ֣י בֶ֗לַע אֶצְבּ֡וֹן וְעֻזִּ֡י וְ֠עֻזִּיאֵל וִירִימ֨וֹת וְעִירִ֜י חֲמִשָּׁ֗ה רָאשֵׁי֙ בֵּ֣ית אָב֔וֹת גִּבּוֹרֵ֖י חֲיָלִ֑ים וְהִתְיַחְשָׂ֗ם עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ אֶ֔לֶף וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ ס