Gera
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....
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And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a
Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in
the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me
at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not
put thee to death with the sword....
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And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's
household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son
of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;...
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ge'-ra (gera', "grain"): A family name of the tribe of
Benjamin, hence, not necessarily a separate individual in (3)
and (4) below:
(1) A son of Benjamin (Gen 46:21).
(2) According to 1 Ch 8:3,5,7, son of Bela and grandson of
Benjamin. The name is repeated (8:5) in the list of Bela's
sons.
(3) Father, or ancestor, of the judge Ehud (Jdg 3:15).
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Possibly the name of three men; more probably of one
-The son of Bela
Ge 46:21; Jud 3:15; 2Sa 16:5; 19:16,18; 1Ki 2:8; 1Ch
8:3,5,7...
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(a grain), one of the "sons," i.e. descendants, of Benjamin.
Ge 46:21 Gera, who is named, Jud 3:15 as the ancestor of Ehud,
and in 2Sa 16:5 as the ancestor of Shimei who cursed David, is
probably also the same person (though some consider them
different persons)....
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grain. (1.) The son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr.
8:3, 5,7).
(2.) The father of Ehud the judge (Judg. 3:15).
(3.) The father of Shimei, who so grossly abused David
(2 Sam.
16:5; 19:16, 18)....
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Son, i.e. descendant, of Benjamin; enumerated in the list when
Jacob went into Egypt (Genesis 46:21); son of Bela (1
Chronicles 8:3, where probably but one Gera is genuine); in
the loins of his grandfather Benjamin then, but not actually
born until after the going to Egypt and before Jacob's death.
Numbers 26 omits Gera as not being head of a ...
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