Person Old Testament
Jezer
Also known as Jezerite
Jezer, a son of Naphtali, was the ancestor of the Jezerite clan. Mentioned in 3 verses across 3 books, first at Genesis 46:24.
Why it matters. Son of Naphtali, founder of the Jezerite clan
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jezer
Jezer was one of the sons of Naphtali, as listed in the genealogies of Gen.46.24, Num.26.49, and 1Ch.7.13. He was born during the period when Israel (or 'Jacob') and his family lived in Canaan, before their migration to Egypt. Jezer became the founder of the Jezerite clan within the tribe of Naphtali. In the census taken in the wilderness of Sinai, the Jezerite clan is mentioned as one of the clans descended from Naphtali (Num.26.49).
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.
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- Naphtali
Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 3 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.