The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron

14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the (A)sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben. 15 The (B)sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the clans of Simeon. 16 These are the names of the (C)sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years. 17 The (D)sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans. 18 The (E)sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years. 19 The (F)sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations. 20 (G)Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years. 21 (H)The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 The (I)sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of (J)Amminadab and the sister of (K)Nahshon, and she bore him (L)Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 The (M)sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites. 25 Eleazar, Aaron's son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and (N)she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites by their clans.

26 These are the Aaron and Moses (O)to whom the Lord said: “Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt (P)by their hosts.” 27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.

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14 These were the heads of their families[a]:(A)

The sons of Reuben(B) the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

15 The sons of Simeon(C) were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

16 These were the names of the sons of Levi(D) according to their records: Gershon,(E) Kohath and Merari.(F) Levi lived 137 years.

17 The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.(G)

18 The sons of Kohath(H) were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.(I) Kohath lived 133 years.

19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.(J)

These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

20 Amram(K) married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses.(L) Amram lived 137 years.

21 The sons of Izhar(M) were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri.

22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan(N) and Sithri.

23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab(O) and sister of Nahshon,(P) and she bore him Nadab and Abihu,(Q) Eleazar(R) and Ithamar.(S)

24 The sons of Korah(T) were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

25 Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.(U)

These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.

26 It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of Egypt(V) by their divisions.”(W) 27 They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh(X) king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt—this same Moses and Aaron.(Y)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:14 The Hebrew for families here and in verse 25 refers to units larger than clans.