Exodus 6:16

Here are listed the names of the sons of Levi, together with their descendants. They were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived until he was 137 years old.

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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

15The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul—the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clan ancestors of Simeon.

17The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:28Isaac lived for one hundred eighty years.

Genesis 46:11and the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, 110 years old. They embalmed him and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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

Numbers 3:18The clans coming from Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.

Numbers 3:20The clans coming from Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, listed clan by clan.

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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