Exodus 6:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 6:16

Levi died twenty = three years after Joseph, forty-one years before Moses. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 6:14-30

GENEALOGY"These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi, these are the families of Reuben. And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. 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 a hundred thirty and seven... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 6:16

Exodus 6:16. The years of the life of Levi, &c.— 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. Kohath, the second sort of Levi, according to Archbishop Usher, was thirty years old when Jacob came into Egypt; and lived there a hundred and thirty-three years: and his son Amram, Moses's father, lived to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 6:14-30

The selective genealogy (cf. Numbers 3:27-28) of Moses and Aaron accredits these men as God’s divinely appointed messengers (prophets) to the Israelites.Moses’ Family Tree (Exodus 6:14-27)Click image for full-size version read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:1-30

The Renewal of the Promise. Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi1. The strong hand is the hand of Jehovah, not of Pharaoh. So RV renders, ’by a strong hand,’ i.e. under the compelling force of Jehovah’s judgments: see on Exodus 3:19.3. The name of God Almighty] Heb. El Shaddai, which occurs first in the revelation made to Abraham (Genesis 17:1 cp. also Genesis 28:3; Genesis 48:3). It is here said that God was not known in the patriarchal times by the name Jehovah. This constitutes a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 6:16

(16) Gershon, Kohath, and Merari were all born before Levi went into Egypt (Genesis 46:8; Genesis 46:11; Genesis 46:27), which was when he was about forty or fifty years of age. It is not unlikely that they were at that time all grown up. If Levi lived to be “an hundred thirty and seven years” old, he would probably before he died have seen his descendants of the fifth generation. Attempts have been made to show that the present genealogy is complete, and that Moses was Levi’s great-grandson.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 6:1-30

The Names of God Exodus 6:2-3 If we read into the first of these two verses 'Jehovah' for 'Lord,' we shall get the exact balance and contrast of what was here said to Moses. A name is just the utterance of character. That is its first and proper meaning. It is the putting out of a character in a human word, and that is just what God meant when He gave Himself these various names. They were intended to be such utterances as men and women could easily understand and apply by understanding them... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:1-30

CHAPTER VI.THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MOSES.Exodus 6:1-30.We have seen that the name Jehovah expresses not a philosophic meditation, but the most bracing and reassuring truth--viz., that an immutable and independent Being sustains His people; and this great title is therefore reaffirmed with emphasis in the hour of mortal discouragement. It is added that their fathers knew God by the name of God Almighty, but by His name Jehovah was He not known, or made known, unto them. Now, it is quite clear that... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 6:1-27

CHAPTER 6:1-27 Jehovah’s Answers and the Genealogy 1. Jehovah answers Moses (Exodus 6:1-13 ) 2. The Genealogy (Exodus 6:14-27 ) Moses’ “wherefore” and “why,” his outburst of impatience, is graciously met by Jehovah. In His answer He speaks more fully of Himself as Jehovah, and what He will do in behalf of His afflicted and oppressed people. “I am Jehovah,” is His solemn declaration. Note the continued utterances of what He is and what He will do. “I appeared unto Abraham; I have heard; I... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 6:16

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 {f} thirty and seven years.(f) For he was 42 years old when he came into Egypt and lived there 94 years. read more

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