GENEALOGY OF MOSES AND AARON

14 These are the heads of their fathers’ families:

The sons of Reuben,j the firstborn of Israel:

Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

These are the clans of Reuben.

15 The sons of Simeon:k

Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin,

Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

These are the clans of Simeon.

16 These are the names of the sons of Levi

according to their family records;

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.l

Levi lived 137 years.

17 The sons of Gershon:

Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

18 The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

Kohath lived 133 years.

19 The sons of Merari:

Mahli and Mushi.

These are the clans of the Levitesm

according to their family records.

20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed,

and she bore him Aaron and Moses.n

Amram lived 137 years.

21 The sons of Izhar:o

Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.

22 The sons of Uzziel:

Mishael, Elzaphan,p and Sithri.

23 Aaron married Elisheba,

daughter of Amminadabq and sister of Nahshon.

She bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.r

24 The sons of Korah:s

Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph.

These are the clans of the Korahites.

25 Aaron’s son Eleazar married

one of the daughters of Putiel,

and she bore him Phinehas.t

These are the heads of the Levite families by their clans.

26 It was this Aaron and Moses whom the Lord told, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their military divisions.”u 27 Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.