Guni

Son of Naphtali

The patriarchsPatriarchc. 1850 BC

Guni was a son of Naphtali, who in turn was the son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Bilhah. Guni was one of those who went down to Egypt with Jacob's family and became the ancestor of the Gunite clans in the tribe of Naphtali. There is also another Guni mentioned in 1 Chronicles who belonged to the tribe of Gad.

Family

Key events

Born as a son of Naphtali

Guni was born as one of four sons of Naphtali, Jacob's sixth son through Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant.

24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
וּבְנֵ֖י נַפְתָּלִ֑י יַחְצְאֵ֥ל וְגוּנִ֖י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשִׁלֵּֽם׃ ‬

The Journey to Egypt

Guni was among Jacob's descendants who went down to Egypt during the famine, when the whole family settled in Goshen.

24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
וּבְנֵ֖י נַפְתָּלִ֑י יַחְצְאֵ֥ל וְגוּנִ֖י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשִׁלֵּֽם׃ ‬
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 ‬

Enumeration among Jacob's descendants

Guni is mentioned in the list of Naphtali's sons in Jacob's genealogy, confirming his place in Israel's tribal structure.

24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
וּבְנֵ֖י נַפְתָּלִ֑י יַחְצְאֵ֥ל וְגוּנִ֖י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשִׁלֵּֽם׃ ‬

The Gunitic clan is established

Guni's descendants formed the Gunitic clans during the wilderness wanderings and were recorded in the census on the plains of Moab.

48The sons of Naphtali by their clans: from Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite clan; from Guni, the Gunite clan;
בְּנֵ֤י נַפְתָּלִי֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם לְיַ֨חְצְאֵ֔ל מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַיַּחְצְאֵלִ֑י לְגוּנִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַגּוּנִֽי׃ ‬

Mentioned in the genealogical register of Chronicles

Guni is listed as a son of Naphtali in the extensive genealogy in 1 Chronicles, confirming his role in Israel's tribal history.

13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum — the descendants of Bilhah.
בְּנֵ֣י נַפְתָּלִ֗י יַחֲצִיאֵ֧ל וְגוּנִ֛י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשַׁלּ֖וּם בְּנֵ֥י בִלְהָֽה׃ פ ‬

Mentioned in the Bible (4)