Reference: Gera
Easton
grain. (1.) The son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 8:3,5,7).
(2.) The father of Ehud the judge (Jg 3:15).
(3.) The father of Shimei, who so grossly abused David (2Sa 16:5; 19:16,18).
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Fausets
Son, i.e. descendant, of Benjamin; enumerated in the list when Jacob went into Egypt (Ge 46:21); son of Bela (1Ch 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 family hut being one of the Belaites; his mention in Genesis implies that ultimately he became head of a family. Gera, Ehud's ancestor, and Gera, Shimei's ancestor, is the same person (Jg 3:15; 2Sa 16:5).
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Hastings
One of Benjamin's sons (Ge 46:21, omitted in Nu 26:38-40). Acc. to 8/3'>1Ch 8:3,8,7 he was a son of Bela and a grandson of Benjamin. Gera was evidently a well-known Benjamite clan, to which belonged Ehud (Jg 3:15) and Shimel (2Sa 16:5; 19:16,18; 1Ki 2:3).
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Morish
Ge'ra
A descendant of Benjamin. Ge 46:21; Jg 3:15; 2Sa 16:5; 19:16,18; 1Ki 2:8; 1Ch 8:3,5,7. It is not clear whether all the passages refer to the same person.
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Smith
Ge'ra
(a grain), one of the "sons," i.e. descendants, of Benjamin.
Gera, who is named,
as the ancestor of Ehud, and in
as the ancestor of Shimei who cursed David, is probably also the same person (though some consider them different persons).