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Exodus 1:2 KJV
Exodus · chapter 1 · verse 2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,Exodus 1:2 · King James Version
Exodus 1:2 in context
1Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ReubenRᵉʼûwbênReuben, a son of JacobH7205 →
- SimeonShimʻôwnShimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from himH8095 →
- LeviLêvîyLevi, a son of JacobH3878 →
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In these verses we have, 1. A recital of the names of the twelve patriarchs, as they are called, Act 7:8. Their names are often repeated in scripture, that they may not sound uncouth to us, as other hard names, but that, by their occurring so frequently, they may become familiar to us;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7