People of the Bible · Tribe of Benjamin

Gera, son of Benjamin

The name Gera means “pilgrimage, combat; dispute.” Gera is mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 46:21.

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Who was Gera?

The father of Ehud the judge (Judg. 3:15).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Gera

  • Genesis 46:21

    And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

  • Judges 3:15

    But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:5

    And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

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