Person Old Testament
Joel
Joel, a father of Shema who lived in Reuben and also neighbouring Gad. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 5:8.
Why it matters. Father of Shema living in Reubenite lands
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Joel
Joel is mentioned in 1Ch.5.8 among Reubenite genealogies (1Chr 5.3-10). His son Shema lived in and area that stretched from Reuben into neighbouring Gad..
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.
- Children
- Shema
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)