1 Chronicles 6:1
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New International Version (©2011)
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Levi's sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Levi's descendants included Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

NET Bible (©2006)
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

American King James Version
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

American Standard Version
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

Darby Bible Translation
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

English Revised Version
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Webster's Bible Translation
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

World English Bible
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:1-81 Genealogies. - We have an account of Levi in this chapter. The priests and Levites were more concerned than any other Israelites, to preserve their descent clear, and to be able to prove it; because all the honours and privileges of their office depended upon their descent. Now, the Spirit of God calls ministers to their work, without any limit as to the families they came from; and then, as now, though believers and ministers may be very useful to the church, none but our great High Priest can make atonement for sin, nor can any be accepted but through his atonement.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 1. - This verse gives the three branches of Levi,and is in agreement with the enumeration of them in Genesis 46:11 and Exodus 6:16, viz. Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. We have not the third parallel passage in the place of mention of the other tribes (Numbers 1:47-54), but it is compensated for somewhat later (Numbers 3:14-20).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The sons of Levi,.... After an account of the chief of the tribes of Judah and Simeon, of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, follows that of Levi, and his posterity; the kingdom being given to Judah, the birthright to Joseph, and the priesthood to Levi: the immediate sons of Levi were

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; as in Genesis 46:11, from these sprung the three families of the Levites.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 6

1Ch 6:1-48. Line of the Priests.

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Descendants of Levi
1The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. …

Genesis 46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Exodus 6:16 These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
Numbers 26:57 These were the Levites who were counted by their clans: through Gershon, the Gershonite clan; through Kohath, the Kohathite clan; through Merari, the Merarite clan.
1 Chronicles 6:2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 23:6 David separated the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.