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Good News Translation

1 Chronicles 6:17

Each of them also had sons. 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.
Contemporary English Version
Gershon was the father of 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.
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 had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 Amram had two sons, Aaron and Moses, and one daughter, Miriam. Aaron had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 The descendants of Eleazar from generation to generation are as follows: Phinehas, Abishua, 5 Bukki, Uzzi, 6 Zerahiah, Meraioth, 7 Amariah, Ahitub, 8 Zadok, Ahimaaz, 9 Azariah, Johanan, 10 Azariah (the one who served in the Temple which King Solomon built in Jerusalem),

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
Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "I will not allow people to live forever; they are mortal. From now on they will live no longer than 120 years."
Genesis 6:4
In those days, and even later, there were giants on the earth who were descendants of human women and the heavenly beings. They were the great heroes and famous men of long ago.
Genesis 6:7
that he said, "I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them."
Genesis 6:12
God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.
Genesis 6:13
God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.
Genesis 6:14
Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
Genesis 6:21
Take along all kinds of food for you and for them."
Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything that God commanded.
Genesis 7:15
A male and a female of each kind of living being went into the boat with Noah,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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