Levi

The third son of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 29:34). With Simeon he attacked the city of Shechem (Genesis 34:25-30), and Jacob’s words divide and scatter them for it (Genesis 49:5-7). The text records that the years of the life of Levi were 137 (Exodus 6:16). His birth year is not stated and is estimated from the birth order of Leah’s sons; the end of the bar applies his recorded lifespan of 137 years to that estimate. Aaron and Moses descended from Levi through Kohath and Amram (Exodus 6:16-20).

Traditional biblical chronology (Masoretic text) — estimated

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