Person Old Testament
Eri
Also known as Erite
Eri was a son of Gad and the head of the Erite clan. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 46:16.
Why it matters. Son of Gad; head of the Erite clan.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Eri
Eri was one of the sons of Gad, who was among the seventy members of Jacob's family that went down to Egypt (Gen.46.16). He became the head of the Erite clan, which was named after him. The Erites were counted among the descendants of Gad during the census taken in the wilderness of Sinai (Num.26.16).
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
- Gad
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.