Genesis 46:11
in Genesis 46The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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ASV
And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
KJV
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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This verse in Genesis 46
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch 7:14-20), born in Egypt, the two accounts coincide.
This site's exposition
these are the names of the sons of Israel
on Genesis 46:8-11
The roll opens with Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, who loses the birthright in chapter 49 for what he did with his father's bed. Simeon and Levi stand next, the two who took Shechem by the sword, and Shaul is marked the son of a Canaanite woman. Few mothers are named in the roll.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. From these sprung the priests and Levites, see Num 3:1.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
This proves that Jacob’s sons married Aramean, Egyptian, Edomite and Midianite women.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֖י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לֵוִ֑י | levi | Levi | H3878 → | 59 times |
| גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן | gereshon | Gershon | H1648 → | |
| קְהָ֖ת | kehat | Kohath | H6955 → | |
| וּמְרָרִֽי׃ | umerari | and Merari | H4847 → |
וּבְנֵ֖יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
לֵוִ֑יLevi
leviH3878 →59 times
גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹןGershon
gereshonH1648 →
קְהָ֖תKohath
kehatH6955 →
וּמְרָרִֽי׃and Merari
umerariH4847 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 29:34Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named…
it leads to
- Exodus 32:26–29
So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
- Genesis 49:5–7
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
- Deuteronomy 33:8–10
Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
- Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Exodus 2:1
Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
- Exodus 32:26–29
Through
1 Chronicles 2:11Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
it leads to
- Ruth 4:21
Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
- Matthew 1:4–5
Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
- Ruth 4:21
Through
1 Chronicles 2:16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 26:6
And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
- 1 Samuel 26:6
About Genesis

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
