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Exodus 2:1
1About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.
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
About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married. 2The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months. 3But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.
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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 6:16These are the descendants of Levi, as listed in their family records: The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (Levi lived to be 137 years old.)
- Numbers 26:59and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.
- 1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 23:12Four of the descendants of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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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