Person New Testament
Er
Er is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus as the son of Joshua. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Luke 3:28.
Why it matters. An ancestor of Jesus
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Er
Er is a name that appears in the genealogy of Jesus Christ recorded in Luk.3.28. He is listed as the son of Joshua and an ancestor of Jesus. No further information is provided about Er in the biblical text. His inclusion in the genealogy highlights the importance of tracing Jesus' lineage and affirming his descent from the royal line of David.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Luke (1 verse)