Exodus 2:1
After this there went a man of the house of Levi; and took a wife of his own kindred.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
In Context
2And she conceived, and bore a son; and seeing him a goodly child hid him three months.
Cross References
Genesis 35:22And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Exodus 6:20And Amram took to wife Jochabed his aunt by the father's side: and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of Amram's life were a hundred and thirty-seven.
1 Kings 11:17Then Adad fled, he and certain Edomites, of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt: and Adad was then a little boy.
1 Chronicles 23:12The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:1
This chapter begins the story of Moses, that man of renown, famed for his intimate acquaintance with Heaven and his eminent usefulness on earth, and the most remarkable type of Christ, as a prophet, saviour, lawgiver, and mediator, in all the Old Testament. The Jews have a book among them of the life of Moses, which tells a great many stories concerning him, which we have reason to think are mere fictions; what he has recorded concerning himself is what we may rely upon, for we know that his record is true; and it… Read the whole commentary →