Gera

Gee´ruh

1 A son of Benjamin (Gen 46:21). 2 A son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin (1Chr 8:3). 3 A second son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin (1Chr 8:5). 4 A Benjaminite, the father of Ehud (Judg 3:15). 5 A Benjaminite, son of Ehud (1Chr 8:7). It is difficult to separate the names 1–5 and assign them to specific persons. They may all represent the same person, whose ancestry has become confused in the records; or the name may represent an ancient clan within the tribe of Benjamin whose exact genealogy was not known. 6 A member of Saul’s family and father of Shimei, the man who pronounced a curse on David (2Sam 16:5; 2Sam 19:16).