Exodus 6 · Verse 16

Exodus 6:16

And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
Exodus 6:16, King James Version

Exodus 6:16 in other translations

BSBThese were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
WEBThese are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.
ASVAnd these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years.
YLTAnd these are the names of the sons of Levi, as to their births: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi are a hundred and thirty and seven years.
DARBYAnd these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
BBEAnd these are the names of the sons of Levi in the order of their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari: and the years of Levi's life were a hundred and thirty-seven.
WebsterAnd these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven years.

What does Exodus 6:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The years of the life of Levi - "Bishop Patrick observes that Levi is thought to have lived the longest of all Jacob's sons, none of whose ages are recorded in Scripture but his and Joseph's, whom Levi survived twenty-seven years, though he was much the elder brother. By the common computation this would be twenty-three years: by Kennicott's computation at the end of Genesis 31. (See Clarke's note at Gen 31:55) Levi's birth is placed twenty-four years before that of Joseph; his death, therefore, would be only three years later. But this is not the only difficulty in ancient chronologies. Kohath, the second son of Levi, according to Archbishop Usher was thirty years old when Jacob came into Egypt, and lived there one hundred and three years. He attained to nearly the same age with Levi, to one hundred and thirty-three years; and his son Amram, the father of Moses, lived to the same age with Levi. We may observe here how the Divine promise, Gen 15:16, of delivering the Israelites out of Egypt in the fourth generation was verified; for Moses was the son of Amram, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Jacob." - Dodd.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 6:14-30

Moses and Aaron were Israelites; raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the Prophet and Priest, the Redeemer and Lawgiver of the people of Israel. Moses returns to his narrative, and repeats the charge God had given him to deliver his message to Pharaoh, and his objection against it. Those who have spoken unadvisedly with their lips ought to reflect upon it with regret, as…

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Exodus 6:16 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֵ֨לֶּהve.'E.lehand theseH428
שְׁמ֤וֹתshe.Mot[were] [the] names ofH8034
בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-[the] sons ofH1121
לֵוִי֙le.ViLeviH3881
לְתֹ֣לְדֹתָ֔םle.To.le.do.Tamto descendants theirH8435
גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹןge.re.ShonGershonH1648
וּקְהָ֖תu.ke.Hatand KohathH6955
וּמְרָרִ֑יu.me.ra.Riand MerariH4847
וּשְׁנֵי֙u.she.Neiand [the] years ofH8141
חַיֵּ֣יchai.Yei[the] life ofH2416
לֵוִ֔יle.ViLeviH3878
שֶׁ֧בַעShe.va'[were] sevenH7651
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛יםu.she.lo.Shimand thirtyH7970
וּמְאַ֖תu.me.'Atand one hundredH3967
שָׁנָֽה\׃sha.Nahyear[s]H8141

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Cross references for Exodus 6:16

  • Numbers 3:17

    And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

  • Genesis 46:11

    And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:16

    The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:1

    The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Numbers 26:57

    And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:6

    And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Exodus 6:18

    And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

  • Genesis 35:28

    And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

  • Genesis 47:28

    And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

  • Exodus 6:20

    And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

  • Genesis 50:26

    So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sons.
Ge 46:11; Nu 3:17; 1Ch 6:1,16
Kohath.
Nu 26:57; 1Ch 23:6
an hundred.
18,20; Ge 35:28; 47:28; 50:26

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Context

  • Exodus 6:15

    And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

  • Exodus 6:16

    And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

  • Exodus 6:17

    The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

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Exodus 6:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y estos son los nombres de los hijos de Leví por sus linajes: Gersón, y Coath, y Merari. Y los años de la vida de Leví fueron ciento treinta y siete años.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ce sont ici les noms des fils de Lévi, selon leurs générations: Guershon, et Kehath, et Merari. Et les années de la vie de Lévi furent 137 ans.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dies sind die Namen der Söhne Levis nach ihren Geschlechtern: Gerson und Kehath und Merari; und die Lebensjahre Levis waren 137 Jahre.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et hæc nomina filiorum Levi per cognationes suas: Gerson, et Caath, et Merari. Anni autem vitæ Levi fuerunt centum triginta septem.