Exodus 1 · Verse 2

Exodus 1:2

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Exodus 1:2, King James Version

Exodus 1:2 in other translations

BSBReuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
WEBReuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
ASVReuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
YLTReuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
DARBYReuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
BBEReuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
WebsterReuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

What does Exodus 1:2 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 1:1-7

The men-children destroyed. (15-22) Verses 1-7 During more than 200 years, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived at liberty, the Hebrews increased slowly; only about seventy persons went down into Egypt. There, in about the same number of years, though under cruel bondage, they became a large nation. This wonderful increase was according to the promise long before made unto the fathers. Though the performance of…

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Exodus 1:2 in the original Hebrew

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רְאוּבֵ֣ןre.'u.VenReubenH7205
שִׁמְע֔וֹןshim.'onSimeonH8095
לֵוִ֖יle.ViLeviH3878
וִיהוּדָֽה\׃vi.hu.Dahand JudahH3063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 1:2

  • Genesis 35:22

    And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

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Context

  • Exodus 1:1

    Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

  • Exodus 1:2

    Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

  • Exodus 1:3

    Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

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Exodus 1:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Rubén, Simeón, Leví y Judá;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ruben, Siméon, Lévi et Juda;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ruben, Simeon, Levi und Juda;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas,