Bible Person

Arod

Male · 2 cross references

Arod is a son of Gad whose line is preserved in Genesis and Numbers. He belongs to the family structure through which Gad's tribal identity is carried forward. First appears in Gen 46:16.1

AI summary: Arod matters because the cross references preserve his name from the patriarchal family list into the wilderness census tradition. That repetition reflects the way Israel's tribes were remembered through stable ancestral heads whose names defined later family branches. Taken together, the material presents Arod as a Gadite forefather whose place helps sustain the continuity of the tribe.1