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Revised Standard Version

1 Chronicles 6:17

And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shim'e-i.

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.
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.
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 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merar'i. 2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uz'ziel. 3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abi'hu, Elea'zar, and Ith'amar. 4 Elea'zar was the father of Phin'ehas, Phin'ehas of Abishu'a, 5 Abishu'a of Bukki, Bukki of Uzzi, 6 Uzzi of Zerahi'ah, Zerahi'ah of Merai'oth, 7 Merai'oth of Amari'ah, Amari'ah of Ahi'tub, 8 Ahi'tub of Zadok, Zadok of Ahim'a-az, 9 Ahim'a-az of Azari'ah, Azari'ah of Joha'nan, 10 and Joha'nan of Azari'ah (it was he who served as priest in the house that 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 formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Genesis 6:3
Then the LORD said, "My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 6:7
So the LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the ground, man and beast and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them."
Genesis 6:12
And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh; for the earth is filled with violence through them; behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
Genesis 6:20
Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:21
Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them."
Genesis 6:22
Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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