Genesis 46:11 meaning and explanation

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Genesis 46:11, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse sits within the long list of Jacob's descendants who traveled to Egypt, a register that shows how the family of seventy would become a nation. Levi was Jacob's third son by Leah, and his three sons, Gershon, Kohath and Merari, became the ancestral heads of the three great clans of Levites.

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