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Gera

son of Benjamin

Son of Benjamin who went to Egypt with Jacob, ancestor of a Benjamite clan and the source of a name recurring in the tribe's genealogy.

4 appearances2 Bible books1 known aliases

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Gera is listed in Genesis 46:21 among the sons of who went with 's household down to . He appears again in the Benjamite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 8 in the line of Bela, Benjamin's firstborn. The name Gera is also borne by the father of the judge (Judges 3:15) and the father of who cursed (2 16:5), suggesting the name persisted as a Benjamite family name derived from this ancestor. No individual narrative is associated with Gera son of Benjamin beyond his genealogical entries.

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