Exodus 6:17
Strong's Lexicon
The sons
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

of Gershon [were]
גֵרְשׁ֛וֹן (ḡê·rə·šō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1648: Gershon or Gershom = 'exile' 1) firstborn son of Levi born before Jacob's family went to Egypt

Libni
לִבְנִ֥י (liḇ·nî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3845: Libni = 'white' 1) the eldest son of Gershon and grandson of Levi

and Shimei,
וְשִׁמְעִ֖י (wə·šim·‘î)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8096: Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = 'renowned' 1) a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David 2) a Benjamite, son of Elah and commissariat officer in the time of Solomon 3) the Ramathite in charge of the vineyards of David 4) son of Gershon and grandson of Levi 5) a Levite, son of Jeduthun and chief of the 10th division of singers in the time of David 6) a Levite of the sons of Heman who took part in the purification of the temple in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah 7) a Levite, brother of Cononiah in charge of receiving the tithes and offerings in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah 8) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 9) a Judaite, son of Pedaiah and brother of Zerubbabel 10) a Simeonite, son of Zacchur 11) a Reubenite, son of Gog and father of Micah 12) one of the sons of Hashum who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 13) one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 14) a Benjamite, son of Kish, father of Jair, and grandfather of Mordecai in the time of Esther 15) a Levite, son of Jahath, grandson of Gershon, and great grandson of Levi 16) Benjamite, father of Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. Spelled 'Shimhi'

by their clans.
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ (lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4940: 1) clan, family 1a) clan 1a1) family 1a2) tribe 1a3) people, nation 1b) guild 1c) species, kind 1d) aristocrats

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Young's Literal Translation
The sons of Gershon [are] Libni, and Shimi, as to their families.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

King James Bible
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.

New Living Translation
The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei, each of whom became the ancestor of a clan.

English Standard Version
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

King James Bible
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

International Standard Version
Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

NET Bible
The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei.

American Standard Version
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

English Revised Version
The sons of Gershon; Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

Young's Literal Translation
The sons of Gershon are Libni, and Shimi, as to their families.
















Cross References
Numbers 3:18
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 6:17
And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 6:29
The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

Exodus 1:1
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Exodus 6:16
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

Exodus 6:15
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

Exodus 6:14
These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.

Exodus 6:18
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

Exodus 6:19
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

Exodus 6:20
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
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