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Shuni

son of Gad

A son of Gad who descended into Egypt with Jacob's household and whose descendants formed the Shunite clan, recorded in Genesis 46 and Numbers 26.

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Shuni was a son of Gad, the seventh son of . He is listed among the seventy members of Jacob's household who descended into in Genesis 46, and his name appears again in Numbers 26 where his descendants are counted as the Shunite clan within the tribe of Gad. Beyond these genealogical and census notices, no individual narrative about Shuni is recorded in the biblical text.

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