Bible Person

Haggi

Male · 2 cross references

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

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