Exodus 2:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

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Referenced Verses

Num 26:59 : 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
1 Chr 6:1-3 : 1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1 Chr 23:12-14 : 12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, for ever, to burn incense before Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever. 14 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
Exod 6:16-20 : 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 a hundred thirty and seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. 19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. 20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 2:2
79%
2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Num 26:58-59
2 verses
75%
58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram.
59And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Gen 29:34
75%
34And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
1 Chr 6:1
71%
1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Exod 6:20
70%
20And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.
Exod 6:25
70%
25And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites according to their families.
Gen 24:37-38
2 verses
70%
37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38but thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.
Judg 17:11
70%
11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
Gen 21:21
70%
21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Gen 46:11
69%
11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Gen 28:2
69%
2Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
Judg 19:1
69%
1And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
Lev 21:13
69%
13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
Ezra 2:61
69%
61And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
Gen 38:1-2
2 verses
69%
1And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her.
Exod 18:2
69%
2And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
1 Chr 6:16
68%
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Exod 1:1-2
2 verses
68%
1Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Gen 2:24
68%
24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Judg 17:7
68%
7And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
Hos 1:3
68%
3So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bare him a son.
Num 3:15
68%
15Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
Exod 2:21
68%
21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Zech 12:13
68%
13the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;
Num 18:2
68%
2And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony.
Num 5:13
68%
13and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;
Gen 6:2
68%
2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
Gen 29:23
68%
23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
Num 25:6
68%
6And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.
Judg 13:2
68%
2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
Luke 1:5
68%
5There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
Deut 24:1
68%
1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
1 Sam 1:1-2
2 verses
68%
1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
2and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Gen 44:27
68%
27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
Gen 30:9
68%
9When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.
Num 4:2
68%
2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
Num 36:12
67%
12They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
Matt 1:2
67%
2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;
Exod 6:23
67%
23And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Exod 2:16
67%
16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.