Levi (patriarch)

The first 10 of 64 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

• Genesis 29:34

  Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.

• Genesis 34:25

  Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

• Genesis 34:30

  Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

• Genesis 35:23

  The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

• Genesis 46:11

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

• Genesis 49:5

  Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

Exodus

• Exodus 1:2

  Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

• Exodus 2:1

  Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,

• Exodus 6:16

  These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

• Exodus 6:19

  The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.

Events the dataset lists Levi (patriarch) as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

1. c. 1756 BC
   Birth of LeviGenesis 29:34
2. c. 1728 BC
   Joseph sold to EgyptGenesis 37:3–36 · at Egypt
3. c. 1708 BC
   7 years of famineGenesis 41:54–43:34
4. c. 1706 BC
   Joseph's brothers return to EgyptGenesis 43:1–45:28 · at Egypt

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.