Person Old Testament
Gog
Gog, a descendant of Reuben, is mentioned in the genealogy of Reuben in 1Ch.5.4. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 5:4.
Why it matters. A descendant of Reuben, son of Joel.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Gog
Gog is mentioned in 1Ch.5.4 as a descendant of Reuben, the eldest son of Israel (or 'Jacob'). He is listed in the genealogy as the son of Joel, who was the son of Shemaiah, the son of Joel, the son of Reaiah, the son of Baal, the son of Reuben.
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.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)