Friday, January 16, 2026

Genesis 46:11

 Genesis 46:11

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


a. NASB 1995: The sons of Levi: [fn]Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.  [New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.]


b. NKJV: The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.  [Scripture quotations marked "NKJV" are taken from the New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.]


c. Amplified Bible: The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. [AMPLIFIED BIBLE 2015 AMP Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631. All rights reserved.]


d. Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kahath, and Merari. [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE CHUMASH Copyright 1998, 2000 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ldt.]


e. ESV: The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.  [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]


f. Unless otherwise stated, all Greek and Hebrew definitions are from Blue Letter Bible


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


a. [And the] sons [Strong: 1121 bên, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.):—afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, × in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, rebel, + robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, + spark, steward, + stranger, × surely, them of, + tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]


b. [of] Levi [Strong: 3878 Lêvîy, lay-vee'; from H3867; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob:—Levi.]


c. Gershon [Strong: 1648 Gêrᵉshôwn, gay-resh-one'; or גֵּרְשׁוֹם Gêrᵉshôwm; from H1644; a refugee; Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite:—Gershon, Gershom.]


d. Kohath [Strong: 6955 Qᵉhâth, keh-hawth'; from an unused root meaning to ally oneself; allied; Kehath, an Israelite:—Kohath.]


e. [and] Merari [Strong: 4847 Mᵉrârîy, mer-aw-ree'; from H4843; bitter; Merari, an Israelite:—Merari.]


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