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New Century Version

Exodus 6:17

Gershon had two sons, Libni and Shimei, 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 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:
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 These are the leaders of the families of Israel: Israel's first son, Reuben, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the family groups of Reuben. 15 Simeon's sons were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the family groups of Simeon. 16 Levi lived one hundred thirty-seven years. These are the names of his sons according to their family history: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 17 Gershon had two sons, Libni and Shimei, with their families. 18 Kohath lived one hundred thirty-three years. The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the family groups of Levi, according to their family history. 20 Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who gave birth to Aaron and Moses. Amram lived one hundred thirty-seven years. 21 Izhar's sons were Korah, Nepheg, and Zicri. 22 Uzziel's sons were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon. Elisheba gave birth to Nadab, 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
Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nose, and the man became a living person.
Genesis 6:3
The Lord said, "My Spirit will not remain in human beings forever, because they are flesh. They will live only 120 years."
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also later. That was when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of human beings. These women gave birth to children, who became famous and were the mighty warriors of long ago.
Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, "I will destroy all human beings that I made on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that crawls on the earth and the birds of the air, because I am sorry I have made them."
Genesis 6:12
When God saw that everyone on the earth did only evil,
Genesis 6:13
he said to Noah, "Because people have made the earth full of violence, I will destroy all of them from the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Build a boat of cypress wood for yourself. Make rooms in it and cover it inside and outside with tar.
Genesis 6:20
Two of every kind of bird, animal, and crawling thing will come to you to be kept alive.
Genesis 6:21
Also gather some of every kind of food and store it on the boat as food for you and the animals."
Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything that God commanded him.

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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