New English Translation
Exodus 2:1
1A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.
Exodus 2:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
- New International Version (NIV)Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.
Context of Exodus 2:1
A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi. 2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months. 3But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile.
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וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אִ֖ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית לֵוִ֑י וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־בַּת־לֵוִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 2:1
- Exodus 6:16Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.)
- Numbers 26:59Now the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.
- 1 Chronicles 6:1(5:27) The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 23:12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel – four in all.
Commentaries on Exodus 2:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1There went a man - Amram, son of Kohath, son of Levi, Exodus 6:16-20. A daughter of Levi, Jochebed, sister to Kohath, and consequently both the wife and aunt of her husband Amram, Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59. Such marriages were at this time lawful, though they were afterwards forbidden, Leviticus 18:12. But it is possible that daughter of Levi means no more than a descendant of that family, and that probably Amram and Jochebed were only cousin germans. As…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1A man a daughter of Levi - Amram and Jochebed. See Exodus 6:20.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Moses is born, and exposed on the river. (1-4) He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter. (5-10) Moses slays an Egyptian, and flees to Midian. (11-15) Moses marries the daughter of Jethro. (16-22) God hears the Israelites. (23-25) Verses 1-4 Observe the order of Providence: just at the time when Pharaoh's cruelty rose to its height by ordering the Hebrew children to be drowned, the deliverer was born. When men are contriving the ruin of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The man and woman were named Amram and Jochebed (6:20). Levi was Jacob’s third son by his wife Leah (Genesis 29:34).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101. there went a man of the house of Levi, &c. Amram was the husband and Jochebed the wife (compare Ex 6:2; Nu 26:59). The marriage took place, and two children, Miriam and Aaron, were born some years before the infanticidal edict.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 2
- 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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