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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 6:17

Gershon was the father of Libni and Shimei.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gershon;   Laadan;   Libni;   Shimei;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gershom;   Shimei;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gershon;   Laadan;   Libni;   Shimei;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ashtaroth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gershon, Gershonites;   Ladan;   Libni;   Merari, Merarites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gershom ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Libni ;   Merari, Merarites ;   Shimei ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Shimei;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ger'shom;   Lib'ni;   Shim'ei;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gershom;   Gershon;   Libni;   Shimei;   Tabor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shimei;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
These are the names of Gershom’s sons: Libni and Shimei.
Hebrew Names Version
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Livni and Shim`i.
King James Version
And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
English Standard Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
New Century Version
The names of Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.
New English Translation
These are the names of the sons Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Amplified Bible
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
New American Standard Bible
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
World English Bible
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And these be the names of the sonnes of Gershom, Libni, and Shimei.
Legacy Standard Bible
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Berean Standard Bible
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Complete Jewish Bible
They served as singers before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of Adonai in Yerushalayim; and they carried out their tasks in a prescribed order.
Darby Translation
And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Easy-to-Read Version
The names of Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.
George Lamsa Translation
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
Good News Translation
Each of them also had sons. Gershon was the father of Libni and Shimei;
Lexham English Bible
Now these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Literal Translation
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These are the names of the children of Gerson: Libni and Semei.
American Standard Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Bible in Basic English
And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these be the names of the sonnes of Gersom: Libni, and Simhi.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they took their station at their service according to their order.
King James Version (1611)
And these be the names of the sonnes of Gershom: Libni, & Shimei.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these are the names of the sons of Gedson; Lobeni, and Semei.
English Revised Version
And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni and Shimei.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And these weren the names of the sones of Gerson; Lobeni, and Semei.
Update Bible Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Webster's Bible Translation
And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
New King James Version
These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
New Living Translation
The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei.
New Life Bible
The names of the sons of Gershom were Libni and Shimei.
New Revised Standard
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, these, are the names of the sons of Gershom, Libni and Shimei.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.
Revised Standard Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shim'e-i.
Young's Literal Translation
And these [are] names of sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

Contextual Overview

1 Levi was the father of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 Kohath was the father of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 Amram was the father of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4Eleazar's descendants included Phinehas, Abishua, Bukki, Uzzi, Zerahiah, Meraioth, Amariah, Ahitub, Zadok, Ahimaaz, Azariah, Johanan, Azariah the priest who served in the temple built by King Solomon, Amariah, Ahitub, Zadok, Shallum, Hilkiah, Azariah, Seraiah, and Jehozadak. 15 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia took Jehozadak to Babylon as prisoner when the Lord let the people of Judah and Jerusalem be dragged from their land. 16 Levi's three sons had sons of their own. 17 Gershon was the father of Libni and Shimei. 18 Kohath was the father of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 Merari was the father of Mahli and Mushi. These descendants of Levi each became leaders of their own clans. 20Gershon's descendants included Libni, Jahath, Zimmah, Joah, Iddo, Zerah, and Jeatherai.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the sons of Gershom: 1 Chronicles 23:7, Numbers 3:18, Numbers 3:21

Shimei: Exodus 6:17, Shimi

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:20 - Libni 1 Chronicles 6:43 - Gershom 1 Chronicles 26:21 - Laadan 2 Chronicles 29:12 - of the Gershonites

Cross-References

Genesis 2:7
The Lord God took a handful of soil and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than one hundred twenty years."
Genesis 6:4
The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later.
Genesis 6:7
and he said, "I'll destroy every living creature on earth! I'll wipe out people, animals, birds, and reptiles. I'm sorry I ever made them."
Genesis 6:13
So he told Noah: Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.
Genesis 6:14
Get some good lumber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
Genesis 6:21
Store up enough food both for yourself and for them.
Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything the Lord told him to do.
Genesis 7:15
Noah took a male and a female of every living creature with him,
Genesis 7:17
For forty days the rain poured down without stopping. And the water became deeper and deeper, until the boat started floating high above the ground.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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