Gershon
According to the
Book of Generations, a document originating from a religiopolitical group similar to that behind the Priestly source, and at a similar date.[5] According to some biblical scholars, the Torah's genealogy for Levi's descendants is actually reflecting the fact that there were four different groups among the Levites — the Gershonites, the Kohathites, the Merarites, and the Aaronids. [6][7]
Family tree
Jochebed's position in the family tree of Gershon is uncertain. Some manuscripts of the Septuagint version of the Torah state that Jochebed was Kohath's cousin,[8] but the Masoretic Text states that she was Kohath's sister[9]—Amram's aunt—although Jochebed's relationship to Levi is not explicitly stated.
Thus, according to the Septuagint, Gershon's family tree would be as follows:
| Levi | (unnamed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gershon | Kohath | Merari | Jochebed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amram | Izhar | Hebron | Uzziel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miriam | Aaron | Moses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
while according to the Masoretic Text, Gershon's family tree would be as follows:
| Levi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gershon | Kohath | Merari | Jochebed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Libni | Shimei | Amram | Izhar | Hebron | Uzziel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miriam | Aaron | Moses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Numbers 3:21
- ^ Cheyne and Black, Encyclopaedia Biblica
- ^ 1 Chronicles 15:7
- ^ Exodus 6:17
- ^ Richard Elliott Friedman, Who Wrote the Bible?
- ^ Peake's Commentary on the Bible
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ Exodus 6:16-20, LXX
- ^ New American Bible, footnote to Exodus 6:20