Person Old Testament
Sered
Also known as Seredite =ESV, NIV; Sardites =KJV
Sered was a son of Zebulun and the ancestor of the Seredite clan. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 46:14.
Why it matters. Son of Zebulun, ancestor of the Seredites
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Sered
Sered is mentioned in Gen.46.14 and Num.26.26 as one of the sons of Zebulun, the tenth son of Israel (or 'Jacob'). He is listed among the descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt during the time of Joseph. In Num.26.26, Sered is identified as the ancestor of the Seredite clan, one of the clans within the tribe of Zebulun. The Seredites were numbered among the Israelites during the census taken in the wilderness of Sinai.
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
- Zebulun
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.