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Person Old Testament

Eran

Also known as Eranite

Eran was a son of Shuthelah and grandson of Ephraim, who became the head of the Eranite clan. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Numbers 26:36.

Why it matters. Son of Shuthelah, grandson of Ephraim; head of clan.

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Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Eran

Eran was a son of Shuthelah and a grandson of Ephraim (Num.26.36). He was the head of the Eranite clan, which was named after him. The Eranites were counted among the descendants of Ephraim during the census taken in the wilderness of Sinai (Num.26.36).

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.

Parents
Shuthelah
Siblings
Bered

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.