Exodus 6:14-27
Legacy Standard Bible
The Heads of Israel’s Households
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 The (B)sons of Simeon:
Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.
16 These are the names of (C)the sons of Levi according to their generations:
Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the years of Levi’s life were 137 years.
17 (D)The sons of Gershon:
[a]Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
18 (E)The sons of Kohath:
Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the years of Kohath’s life were 133 years.
19 (F)The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
20 (G)And Amram took his father’s sister Jochebed as a wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of Amram’s life were 137 years.
21 (H)The sons of Izhar:
Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.
22 (I)The sons of Uzziel:
Mishael and [b]Elzaphan and Sithri.
23 And Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of (J)Amminadab, the sister of (K)Nahshon, as a wife, and she bore him (L)Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 The (M)sons of Korah:
Assir and Elkanah and [c]Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
25 And Aaron’s son (N)Eleazar took one of the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she bore him (O)Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families. 26 It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “(P)Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their (Q)hosts.” 27 They were the ones (R)who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.
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- Exodus 6:17 In 1 Chr 23:7, Ladan
- Exodus 6:22 In Num 3:30, Elizaphan
- Exodus 6:24 In 1 Chr 6:23 and 9:19, Ebiasaph
Exodus 6:14-27
Lexham English Bible
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
14 These are the heads of their families.[a]
The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, are Enoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These are the clans of Reuben.
15 And the sons of Simeon are Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jakin and Zohar and Shaul the son of the Canaanitess.[b] These are the clans of Simeon.
16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogies:[c] Gershon and Kohath and Merari, and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven years.[d]
17 The sons of Gershon are Libni and Shimei according to their clans.
18 And the sons of Kohath are Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel, and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three years.[e]
19 And the sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. These are clans of the Levites according to their genealogies.[f]
20 And Amram took Jochebed his aunt for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Aaron and Moses, and the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven years.[g]
21 And the sons of Izhar are Korah and Nepheg and Zikri.
22 And the sons of Uzziel are Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.
23 And Aaron took Elisheba the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 And the sons of Korah are Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph. These are the clans of the Korahites.
25 And Eleazar the son of Aaron took for himself one from the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she bore for him Phinehas. These are the heads of the families[h] of the Levites according to their clans.
26 It was that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring the Israelites[i] out from the land of Egypt according to their divisions.” 27 They were those who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, in order to bring the Israelites[j] out from Egypt. It was that Moses and Aaron.
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- Exodus 6:14 Literally “the house of their fathers”
- Exodus 6:15 Or “the Canaanite woman.” The Hebrew word is feminine
- Exodus 6:16 Or “generations”
- Exodus 6:16 Literally “seven and thirty and hundred of year”
- Exodus 6:18 Literally “three and thirty and hundred of year”
- Exodus 6:19 Or “generations”
- Exodus 6:20 Literally “seven and thirty and hundred of year”
- Exodus 6:25 Literally “fathers”
- Exodus 6:26 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 6:27 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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