Exodus 6:14-20 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 6:14-30

I. We have here a genealogy, not an endless one, such as the apostle condemns (1 Tim. 1:4), for it ends in those two great patriots Moses and Aaron, and comes in here to show that they were Israelites, bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh whom they were sent to deliver, raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the prophet and priest, the Redeemer and lawgiver, of the people of Israel, and whose genealogy also, like this, was to be carefully... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:14

These be the heads of their father's houses ,.... Not of the families of Moses and Aaron, but of the children of Israel, though only the heads of three tribes are mentioned; and some think that these three are taken notice of, to show that they were not rejected of God, though they seem to be rather cursed than blessed by Jacob; and that though they were guilty of very great crimes, as Reuben of incest, and Simeon and Levi of murder, yet they truly repented, and obtained mercy of God, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:15

And the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman ,.... See Gill on Genesis 46:10 . these are the families of Simeon ; who gave rise and name to the several families of that tribe now in Egypt. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:16

And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations ,.... Whose sons, according to the order of their birth, were as follow: Gershom, and Kohath, and Merari ; see Genesis 46:11 , and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty seven years ; and exactly the same number of years is assigned him by Polyhistor from Demetrius F3 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 21. p. 425. , an Heathen writer. Jarchi says, that the reason why, the years... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:17

And the sons of Gershom, Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. He had only two sons, from whom came the families of the Libnites and Shimites; see Numbers 3:21 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:18

And the sons of Kohath, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel ,.... So they are reckoned in 1 Chronicles 6:18 though only the family of the Hebronites are mentioned in Numbers 26:58 . and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty three years . A Jewish chronologer says F6 Shalshalet Hakabalaut, ut supra. (fol. 5. 1.) he died one hundred years before the going out of Egypt: just the same number of years is ascribed to him by Polyhistor from Demetrius, an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:19

And the sons of Merari, Mahali, and Mushi ,.... From whence sprung the families of the Mahalites, and Mushites, Numbers 3:33 , these are the families of Levi, according to their generations : the families that descended from him and his sons, according to the order of their birth. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:20

And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife ,.... This Amram was the first son of Kohath, and the father of Moses, as after related, and so must be the same with the man of the house of Levi, and his wife the daughter of Levi, as in Exodus 2:1 and though such a marriage was afterwards prohibited, Moses does not conceal it, though it may seem to reflect some dishonour on him and his family; he writing not for his own glory, but for the sake of truth, and the good of mankind, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:14

These be the heads - ראשי rashey , the chiefs or captains. The following genealogy was simply intended to show that Moses and Aaron came in a direct line from Abraham, and to ascertain the time of Israel's deliverance. The whole account from Exodus 6:14-26 ; inclusive, is a sort of parenthesis, and does not belong to the narration; and what follows from Exodus 6:28 ; is a recapitulation of what was spoken in the preceding chapters. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:16

The years of the life of Levi - "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. By the common computation this would be twenty-three years: by Kennicott's computation at the end of Genesis 31. (See Clarke's note at Genesis 31:55 ;) Levi's birth is placed twenty-four years before that of Joseph; his... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 6:14-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:16

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