Levi
Hebrew originLevi is Jacob and Leah's third son; Genesis 49 pairs him with Simeon for rage and bloodshed, and Exodus 2 opens with a Levite man and woman whose son Moses is drawn from the river.
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- First mention
- Genesis 29:34
Family
Parents
Jacob
Yahweh names Jacob with Abraham and Isaac when he tells Moses to lead Israel to …
Leah
Leah is Laban's elder daughter and Jacob's first wife; in Genesis 49 Jacob recal…
Siblings
Reuben
Reuben is Jacob and Leah's firstborn; in Genesis 49 Jacob declares he will not b…
Simeon
Simeon is Jacob and Leah's second son; in Genesis 49 Jacob pairs him with Levi f…
Judah
Judah is Jacob and Leah's fourth son; in Genesis 49 Jacob blesses him as a lion'…
Dan
Dan is Jacob's son through Bilhah; in Genesis 49 Jacob blesses him to govern his…
Naphtali
Naphtali is Jacob's son through Bilhah; in Genesis 49 Jacob likens him to a swif…
Gad
Gad is Jacob's son through Zilpah; in Genesis 49 Jacob blesses him as one who wi…
Asher
Asher is Jacob's son through Zilpah; in Genesis 49 Jacob blesses him with rich f…
Issachar
Issachar is Jacob and Leah's fifth son; in Genesis 49 Jacob likens him to a stro…
Zebulun
Zebulun is Jacob and Leah's sixth son; in Genesis 49 Jacob blesses him to live b…
Dinah
Dinah is Jacob and Leah's daughter; Genesis 34 recounts her violation by Shechem…
Joseph
Joseph put Israel under oath to take his bones from Egypt; in Exodus 13 Moses ta…
Benjamin
Benjamin is Jacob and Rachel's youngest son; in Genesis 49 Jacob likens him to a…
Esau
Esau is Isaac's firstborn twin, also called Edom and ancestor of the Edomites; G…
Scripture references
- Genesis 29:34
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and said, 'This time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.' Accordingly, she named him Levi.
- Genesis 34:25
Now on the third day, when the men were still in pain, Jacob's two sons Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and advanced unopposed against the town and slaughtered all the males.
- Genesis 34:30
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, 'You have done me an ill turn by bringing me into bad odour with the people of the region...'
- Genesis 34:31
They retorted, 'Should our sister be treated like a whore?'
- Genesis 37:18
They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them they made a plot to kill him.
- Genesis 46:11
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
- Genesis 49:5
Simeon and Levi are brothers in carrying out their malicious plans.
- Genesis 49:7
Accursed be their rage for its ruthlessness, their wrath for its ferocity. I shall disperse them in Jacob, I shall scatter them through Israel.
- Exodus 2:1
There was a man descended from Levi who had taken a woman of Levi as his wife.