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Israel in Egypt

Levi dies, the last of Jacob's sons

1619 BCUssher date

Exodus 6:16; 1:6

Levi died at 137; with Joseph's whole generation gone, Israel's position in Egypt began to change.

The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Exodus 1:7 (World English Bible)

Exodus opens by noting that Joseph, his brothers, and all that generation died, while the Israelites kept multiplying until the land was full of them. Levi is the only one of Jacob's sons besides Joseph whose age at death is recorded.

Dating notes

Levi was 137 (Exodus 6:16). Ussher dates his birth to 1756 BC and his death to 1619 BC, and suggests he was the last of the brothers to die.

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