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Exodus 6:16

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.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    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.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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 a hundred thirty and seven years.

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Cross-references (11)

Passages linked to Exodus 6:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Genesis 46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Numbers 3:17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Numbers 26:57 These 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.
  • Genesis 35:28 The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
  • Genesis 47:28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
  • Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
  • Exodus 6:18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
  • Exodus 6:20 Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:6 David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Explain this verse (13 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For he was 42 years old, when he came…

For he was 42 years old, when he came into Egypt, and there lived 94.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 6:16 And these [are] the names of the…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain From each of which proceeded a distinct generation or…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the sons of Gershom, Libni, and Shimi, according…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The age of Levi, Kohath, and Amram, the father,…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. The years of the life of Levi]…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 6:16. The age of Levi, Kohath, and Amram,…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Levi died the last of his brethren, and Joseph…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16a. See Gen_46:11, Num_26:57. Gershon, Kohath, and Merari were…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) Gershon, Kohath, and Merari were all born before…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The sons of Levi. The same three sons are…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Gershon ... Merari
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:16-20 This genealogy of Levi’s descendants focuses on Aaron…

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