Exodus 6:16

And these are the shemot Bnei Levi according to their toldot; Gershon, and Kohat, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven shanah.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

In Context

15And the Bnei Shim'on; Yemuel, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yachin, and Tzochar, and Sha'ul ben of HaKena'anit: these are the mishpokhot of Shim'on.

17The Bnei Gershon; Livni, and Shime'i, according to their mishpokhot.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:28And the days of Yitzchak were me'at shanah u'shemonim shanah.

Genesis 46:11And the Bnei Levi: Gershon, Kohat, and Merari.

Genesis 50:26So Yosef died, being in age one hundred and ten shanim; and they embalmed him, and he was placed in an aron in Mitzrayim.

Exodus 6:20And Amram took him Yocheved his fatherʼs sister to wife; and she bore him Aharon and Moshe: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven shanah.

Numbers 3:18And these are the shmot of the Bnei Gershon by their mishpekhot: Livni, and Shime'i.

Numbers 3:20And the Bnei Merari by their mishpekhot: Machli and Mushi. These are the mishpekhot of the Levi'im according to the bais of their avot.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 6:15-30

Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi. ( b. c. 1491.) 14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. 15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. 16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi… Read the whole commentary →

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