Exodus 2:1

Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a woman of Levi.

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

In Context

2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy boy, she hid him for three months.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:22While Israel was living in that land, Reuben slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now Jacob had twelve sons.

Exodus 6:20Amram married Jochebed, his father's sister. She bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years and then died.

1 Kings 11:17But Hadad was taken with other Edomites by his father's servants into Egypt, since Hadad was still a little child.

1 Chronicles 23:12There were four of Kohath's sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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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