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 one hundred thirty-seven years.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- NKJV These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
- NASB And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and the length of Levi’s life was 137 years.
- NLT These are the descendants of Levi, as listed in their family records: The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (Levi lived to be 137 years old.)
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The sons of Levi are named with the years of Levi's life. The focus narrows to the tribe of Moses and Aaron.
Overview
The genealogy reaches Levi, recording his sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari and the length of his life. By detailing Levi's line, the text prepares to establish the descent of Moses and Aaron through Kohath. The noting of lifespans lends weight and authenticity to the record that authenticates the priestly and prophetic leaders God has raised up.
Cross-references & the web
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- Num 3:17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
- Gen 46:11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chr 6:16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chr 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Num 26:57These are those who were counted of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
- Gen 47:28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
- Gen 35:28The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
- Exod 6:20Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
- 1 Chr 23:6David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exod 6:18The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
- Gen 50:26So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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