16 These are the names of (A)the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the (a)length of Levi’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. 17 (B)The sons of Gershon: (b)Libni and Shimei, according to their families. 18 (C)The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the (c)length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years. 19 (D)The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. 20 (E)Amram (d)married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the (e)length of Amram’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. 21 (F)The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. 22 (G)The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and (f)Elzaphan and Sithri. 23 Aaron (g)married Elisheba, the daughter of (H)Amminadab, the sister of (I)Nahshon, and she bore him (J)Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24 The (K)sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and (h)Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. 25 Aaron’s son (L)Eleazar (i)married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him (M)Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families.

Footnotes:

a. Exodus 6:16: ['Lit ', years]
b. Exodus 6:17: ['In 1 Chr 23:7, ', Ladan]
c. Exodus 6:18: ['Lit ', years]
d. Exodus 6:20: ['Lit ', took to him to wife]
e. Exodus 6:20: ['Lit ', years]
f. Exodus 6:22: ['In Num 3:30, ', Elizaphan]
g. Exodus 6:23: ['Lit ', took to him to wife]
h. Exodus 6:24: ['In 1 Chr 6:23 and 9:19, ', Ebiasaph]
i. Exodus 6:25: ['Lit ', took to him to wife]

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