Bible Person

Eri

Meaning: my city · Male · 2 cross references

Eri is a son of Gad whose name is preserved in the patriarchal and census traditions. He belongs to the internal ancestral structure through which the tribe of Gad is remembered. First appears in Gen 46:16.1

AI summary: Eri matters because the cross references place him within the family branches that carry Gad's identity from Jacob's household into the counted tribes of Israel. Even brief entries like this show how tribal memory is sustained through named ancestral heads. Taken together, the material presents Eri as a Gadite forefather whose place supports the continuity of the tribe.1