Esli
Exile
Tribe of Judah
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G2069
Esli was an ancestor of Jesus Christ, mentioned in His genealogy.
Esli appears in Luke's genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:25) as an ancestor in the Davidic line, listed as the son of Naggai and the father of Nahum during the post-exilic period. He is known solely from this genealogical reference. Luke's meticulous genealogy traces the human ancestry of Jesus through the lesser-known figures of the post-exilic community back to David and ultimately to Adam.