Exodus 2:1

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 bare a son,—and she saw him, that he was a goodly child, so she hid him three months.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:22And it came to pass while Israel inhabited that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. And so the Sons of Israel came to be Twelve.

Exodus 6:20So then, Amram took Jochebed, his father’s sister to himself to wife, and she bare to him—Aaron and Moses. And, the years of the life of Amram, were a hundred and thirty-seven.

1 Kings 11:17that Hadad fled, he and certain men of Edom of the servants of his father, with him, to go into Egypt,—Hadad being a little boy.

1 Chronicles 23:12The sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, 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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