Exodus 2:1

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took a daughter of Levi.

Leeser Tanakh

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 the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Exodus 6:20And Amram took himself Yochebed his aunt for wife; and she bore unto him Aaron and Moses; and the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty and seven years.

1 Kings 11:17That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; but Hadad was then yet a young lad.

1 Chronicles 23:12The sons of Kehath: 'Amram, Yizhar, Hebron, and 'Uzziel, 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 →

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