Exodus 2:1

After these things a man of the house of Levi went out, and took a wife of his kin into fleshly coupling + 2:1 ‘into fleshly coupling’; for she was his wife before, and had (already) childed (to him) Aaron, and Marie (or Miriam), his sister., (And after these things, a man of the house of Levi went out, and knew his wife, who was of his own kin, or of his own tribe,)

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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

2which conceived, and childed a son. And she saw him well-faring, and hid him three months. (who conceived, and bare a son. And she saw that he was a fine boy, and hid him for three months.)

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Cross References

Genesis 35:22And while he dwelled in that country, Reuben went, and slept with Bilhah, the secondary wife of his father, which thing was not hid from him (or which was told to Jacob). Forsooth the sons of Jacob were twelve;

Exodus 6:20Forsooth Amram took a wife, Jochebed, the daughter of his father’s brother, and she childed to him Aaron, and Moses, and Marie; and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and seven and thirty. (And Amram took a wife, his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bare him Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam; and Amram lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.)

1 Kings 11:17Hadad himself fled, and (some) men of Idumea, of the servants of his father, with him, that he should enter into Egypt; soothly Hadad was a little child. (and Hadad himself had fled, with some Edomites, some of his father’s servants, so that he could escape to Egypt; for Hadad was still a young boy.)

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