Bible Figure

Lael

Male • Old Testament
father of Eliasaph (house of the Gershonites)
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Lael was a Gershonite Levite and the father of Eliasaph, leader of the Gershonite clans in the wilderness.
Lael

Biography

Numbers 3:24 identifies Eliasaph son of Lael as the leader of the fathers' house of the Gershonites. Lael himself has no independent action or speech in Scripture.

Biblical Significance

Lael's significance is genealogical within the Gershonite branch of Levi. Scripture does not support a fuller biography.