Person Old Testament
Shuni
Also known as Shunite
Shuni was a son of Gad and the ancestor of the Shunite clan within the tribe of Gad. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 46:16.
Why it matters. Son of Gad, ancestor of the Shunite clan.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shuni
Shuni is mentioned in Gen.46.16 and Num.26.15 as one of the sons of Gad who went down to Egypt with Israel (or 'Jacob') and his family. He is listed among the 70 members of Jacob's household who migrated to Egypt during the time of Joseph. In Num.26.15, Shuni is mentioned again in the context of the census taken in the wilderness, where the Shunite clan, descended from Shuni, is counted among the families of Gad. The Shunites were one of the clans that formed the tribe of Gad, which later received its inheritance in the Transjordan region after the Israelites conquered the Promised Land under Joshua's leadership.
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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- 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.