God’s Word Translation
Genesis 46:11
11The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis 46:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- New International Version (NIV)The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Context of Genesis 46:11
9The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Er and Onan had died in Canaan.) The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
Read all of Genesis 46Genesis 46:11 word by word
וּבְנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן קְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 46:11
- Genesis 29:34She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me because I’ve given him three sons.” So she named him Levi [Attached].
- Genesis 49:5“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
- Exodus 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi listed in birth order: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- Numbers 3:17Gershon, Kohath, and Merari were the sons of Levi.
- Numbers 26:57The families descended from Levi were listed as the family of Gershon, the family of Kohath, and the family of Merari.
- Deuteronomy 33:8About the tribe of Levi he said, “Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful people. You tested your people at Massah. You quarreled with them at the oasis of Meribah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:1These were Israel’s sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
- 1 Chronicles 6:1Levi’s sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 22:1Then David said, “This is where the Lord God’s temple will be. Israel’s altar for burnt offerings will also be here.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:16Levi’s sons were Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Commentaries on Genesis 46:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-34Verses 1-34 - Jacob Goes Down to Egypt 9. פלוּא pallû' Pallu, “distinguished.” חצרן chetsrôn Chetsron, of the “court,” or “village.” כרמי karmı̂y Karmi, “vine-dresser.” 10. ימוּאל yemû'êl Jemuel, “day of El.” ימין yâmı̂yn Jamin, “right hand.” אהד 'ôhad Ohad, “joining together.” יכין yâkı̂yn Jakin, “he shall establish.” צחר tsôchar Tsochar, “whiteness.” 11. גרשׁון gêreshôn Gereshon, “expelling.” קהת qehâth Qehath, “assembly.” מררי merârı̂y…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-27Verses 5-27 We have here a particular account of Jacob's family. Though the fulfilling of promises is always sure, yet it is often slow. It was now 215 years since God had promised Abraham to make of him a great nation, ch. 12:2; yet that branch of his seed, to which the promise was made sure, had only increased to seventy, of whom this particular account is kept, to show the power of God in making these seventy become a vast multitude.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-27This family history of Jacob's sons shows that all the tribes of Israel went to Egypt together. They would also leave together (see the book of Exodus).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-278-27. all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten--Strictly speaking, there were only sixty-six went to Egypt; but to these add Joseph and his two sons, and Jacob the head of the clan, and the whole number amounts to seventy. 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…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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