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Complete Jewish Bible

Exodus 6:17

The sons of Gershon were Livni and Shim‘i, with their families.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Genealogy;   Gershon;   Libni;   Shimei;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Levi;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Levite;   Priest;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Libni;   Moses;   Shimei;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Levites;   Libni;   Shimei;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Father's House;   Gershon;   Libni;   Shimei;   Shimi;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gershon, Gershonites;   Libni;   Moses;   Priests and Levites;   Reuben;   Shimei, Shimeites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Israel in Egypt;   Libni ;   Shimei ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Korah;   Moses;   Shimei;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Lib'ni;   Shim'ei;   Shi'mi;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Exodus, the Book of;   Genealogy;   Gershon;   Kohath;   Libni;   Moses;   Shimei;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Shimei;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Gershon: Livni and Shim`i, according to their families.
King James Version
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Gershon are Libni and Shimei according to their clans.
New Century Version
Gershon had two sons, Libni and Shimei, with their families.
New English Translation
The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Gershon were Libni and Shimi by their families.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
Contemporary English Version
Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.
Darby Translation
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
Easy-to-Read Version
Gershon had two sons, Libni and Shimei.
English Standard Version
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
George Lamsa Translation
The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
Good News Translation
Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei, and they had many descendants.
Christian Standard Bible®
The sons of Gershon:
Literal Translation
The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimei, by their families.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Gerson are these: Libni and Semei in their generacions.
American Standard Version
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
Bible in Basic English
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, in the order of their families.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Gerson: Libni, and Simi by their kinredes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
King James Version (1611)
The sonnes of Gershon: Libni and Shimi, according to their families.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these are the sons of Gedson, Lobeni and Semei, the houses of their family. And the sons of Caath,
English Revised Version
The sons of Gershon; Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sones of Gerson, Lobny and Semei, bi her kynredis.
Young's Literal Translation
The sons of Gershon [are] Libni, and Shimi, as to their families.
Update Bible Version
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
World English Bible
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
New King James Version
The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families.
New Living Translation
The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei, each of whom became the ancestor of a clan.
New Life Bible
The sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Gershon, Libni and Shimei by their families.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei, by their kindreds.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shim'e-i, by their families.
THE MESSAGE
The sons of Gershon by family: Libni and Shimei.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

Contextual Overview

14 (ii) These were the heads of their families: the sons of Re'uven the firstborn of Isra'el were Hanokh, Pallu, Hetzron and Karmi. These were the families of Re'uven. 15 The sons of Shim‘on were Y'mu'el, Yamin, Ohad, Yakhin, Tzochar and Sha'ul the son of a Kena‘ani woman. These were the families of Shim‘on. 16 These are the names of the sons of Levi with their descendants: Gershon, K'hat and M'rari. Levi lived to be 137 years old. 17 The sons of Gershon were Livni and Shim‘i, with their families. 18 The sons of K'hat were ‘Amram, Yitz'har, Hevron and ‘Uzi'el. K'hat lived to be 133 years old. 19 The sons of M'rari were Machli and Mushi. These were the families of Levi with their descendants. 20 ‘Amram married Yokheved his father's sister, and she bore him Aharon and Moshe. ‘Amram lived to be 137 years old. 21 The sons of Yitz'har were Korach, Nefeg and Zikhri. 22 The sons of ‘Uzi'el were Misha'el, Eltzafan and Sitri. 23 Aharon married Elisheva daughter of ‘Amminadav and sister of Nachshon, and she bore him Nadav, Avihu, El‘azar and Itamar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 46:11, Numbers 3:18, Shimei, 1 Chronicles 6:17, 1 Chronicles 23:7, Laadan, Shimei

Reciprocal: Joshua 21:6 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 2:7
Then Adonai , God, formed a person from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that he became a living being.
Genesis 6:3
Adonai said, "My Spirit will not live in human beings forever, for they too are flesh; therefore their life span is to be 120 years."
Genesis 6:4
The N'filim were on the earth in those days, and also afterwards, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the ancient heroes, men of renown.
Genesis 6:7
Adonai said, "I will wipe out humankind, whom I have created, from the whole earth; and not only human beings, but animals, creeping things and birds in the air; for I regret that I ever made them."
Genesis 6:12
God saw the earth, and, yes, it was corrupt; for all living beings had corrupted their ways on the earth.
Genesis 6:13
God said to Noach, "The end of all living beings has come before me, for because of them the earth is filled with violence. I will destroy them along with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make yourself an ark of gofer-wood; you are to make the ark with rooms and cover it with pitch both outside and inside.
Genesis 6:20
Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive.
Genesis 6:21
Also take from all the kinds of food that are eaten, and collect it for yourself; it is to be food for you and for them."
Genesis 6:22
This is what Noach did; he did all that God ordered him to do.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the sons of Gershom, Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. He had only two sons, from whom came the families of the Libnites and Shimites; see Numbers 3:21.


 
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