Exodus 6:14-27
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The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
14 The following are the heads of their ancestral houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.(A) 15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.(B) 16 The following are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogies: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, and the length of Levi’s life was one hundred thirty-seven years.(C) 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families.(D) 18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred thirty-three years.(E) 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their genealogies.(F) 20 Amram married Jochebed his aunt, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, and the length of Amram’s life was one hundred thirty-seven years.(G) 21 The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.(H) 22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.(I) 23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.(J) 25 Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the ancestral houses of the Levites by their families.(K)
26 It was this same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, company by company.” 27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of Egypt, the same Moses and Aaron.
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Exodus 6:14-27
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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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