Jacob's son living at the time of the Patriarchs
Levi
Jacob’s third son, born to Leah (Genesis 29:34). With Simeon he killed the men of Shechem after Dinah was dishonored, and Jacob rebuked him for it (Genesis 34:25–31; 49:5–7). He lived 137 years (Exodus 6:16), and his sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari (Exodus 6:16–19). Moses and Aaron came from his son Kohath’s line (Exodus 6:18–20).
Jacob said he would scatter Levi in Israel, and so he did: when the people worshipped the golden calf, the sons of Levi gathered to Moses and stood on Yahweh’s side (Exodus 32:26–29). The tribe was set apart for the priesthood and the work of the tabernacle, and received no land of its own, for “Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance” (Joshua 13:33).
Third son of Jacob and Leah; ancestor of Moses, Aaron, and the priests. Birth year from Ussher (1756 BC); his age at death is given in Exodus 6:16. Most of Jacob's other sons have no bars because their ages at death are not recorded.
Family
- Father
- Jacob
- Mother
- Leah
- Children
- Gershon, Kohath, Merari, Jochebed
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