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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Green's Literal Translation

Exodus 6:17

The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimei, by 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.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Gershon were Livni and Shim‘i, with their families.
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:
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 These were the heads of the houses of their fathers: The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi; these were the families of Reuben. 15 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanitess; these were the families of Simeon. 16 And these were the names of the sons of Levi by their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimei, by their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred and thirty three years. 19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. These were the families of Levi according to their generations. 20 And Amram took his aunt Jochebed to him for a wife. And she bore to him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty seven years. 21 And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 And Aaron took Elisheba the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to him for a wife. And she bore to him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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
And Jehovah God formed the man out of dust from the ground, and blew into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Genesis 6:3
And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man; in their erring he is flesh. And his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
Genesis 6:4
The giants were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore to them; they were heroes which existed from ancient time, the men of name.
Genesis 6:7
And Jehovah said, I will wipe off man whom I have created from the face of the earth, from man to beast, to the creeping thing and to the birds of the heavens; for I repent that I made them.
Genesis 6:12
And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupted. For all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. And behold, I will destroy them along with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make an ark of cyprus timbers for yourself. You shall make rooms in the ark; and you shall cover it with asphalt inside and out.
Genesis 6:20
from the birds according to its kind, and from the cattle according to its kind, from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two from each shall come in to you to keep alive.
Genesis 6:21
And take for yourself all food that is eaten, and gather to yourself. And let it be for you and for them for food.
Genesis 6:22
And Noah did so, according to all that God commanded him, so he did.

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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