Exodus 2:1
And there was a certain man of the tribe of Levi, who took to wife one of the daughters of Levi.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
Cross References
Genesis 35:22And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Exodus 6:20And Amram took to wife Jochebed the daughter of his father’s brother, and she bore to him both Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-two years.
1 Kings 11:17that Hadad ran away, he and all the Edomites of the servants of his father with him; and they went into Egypt; and Hadad was then a little child.
1 Chronicles 23:12The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, 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 →