The Heads of Israel

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

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:15 In Num 26:12 and 1 Chr 4:24, Nemuel
  2. Exodus 6:16 Lit years
  3. Exodus 6:17 In 1 Chr 23:7, Ladan
  4. Exodus 6:18 Lit years
  5. Exodus 6:20 Lit took to him as a wife
  6. Exodus 6:20 Lit years
  7. Exodus 6:22 In Num 3:30, Elizaphan
  8. Exodus 6:23 Lit took to him as a wife
  9. Exodus 6:24 In 1 Chr 6:23 and 9:19, Ebiasaph
  10. Exodus 6:25 Lit took to him as a wife

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