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    3 others in the registry answer to the name Gera. Every Gera in the Bible

    person · also Heglam

    Gera

    גֵּרָא

    Gera (or Heglam) was a son of Ehud, a Benjamite, and was among those who were carried into exile.

    verses
    1
    first named
    1 Chronicles 8:7
    last named
    1 Chronicles 8:7
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Benjamin

    Description

    Who was Gera?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Gera (or Heglam) is mentioned in 1Ch.8.7 as one of the sons of Ehud, a Benjamite. The name "Gera" is mentioned twice in this verse, which has led some scholars to suggest that "Heglam" may be an alternative name for Gera or a scribal error. The context of this passage is the genealogy of Benjamin, with a focus on the descendants of Ehud. The verse states that Ehud's sons, including Gera (or Heglam), were among those who were carried into exile, likely referring to the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BC. This detail suggests that Gera (or Heglam) lived during the time of the divided monarchy and witnessed the fall of the southern kingdom of Judah.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Gera7 of 7 entities the graph connects to Gera, in 3 groups: kinship 5, company 1, events 1. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.EhudChild of · 8 versesAhihudFather of · Sibling of · 1 verseAhijahSibling of · 1 verseNaamanSibling of · 1 verseUzzaFather of · Sibling of · 1 verseKinshipGera’s exile of Descendants Of EhudTook part in · 2 versesCompanyManahath1 event · 2 versesEventsGera

    Child of

    • Ehudregistry, no verse

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    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Gera happensThe one place the claims about Gera reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Manahath. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Gera there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Manahath
    before Israel's MonarchyThe one place the claims about Gera reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book. The name is written 2 times in them.

    1. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      8:7

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Gera’s exile of Descendants Of EhudExileExile is a concept gathering 51 labelled instances in the text.via EhudGeraDescendant of Benjamin; ancestor of Ehud, a judge of Israel.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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    What this rests on