Genesis 46:11
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
BSB
ASV
And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
KJV
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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.
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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…
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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.
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
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.
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
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1 Chronicles 2:11Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
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Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
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1 Chronicles 2:16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
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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.