Gershon
게르손
Person in Genesis 46:8–27: Gershon.
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- 1CH 6:1–3, engwebp
1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 1CH 6:16–19, engwebp
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
- 1CH 6:20–21, engwebp
20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
- 1CH 6:39–43, engwebp
39His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
40the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
41the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
- 1CH 23:6–11, engwebp
6David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.
10The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.
- GEN 46:8–27, engwebp
8These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23The son of Dan: Hushim.
24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
27The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
- NUM 3:17, engwebp
17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- NUM 3:18, engwebp
18These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
- NUM 26:57–62, engwebp
57These are those who were counted of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.
59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
62Those who were counted of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
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Unresolved interpretation: The father of Jonathan at Judges 18:30: 게르손 (Gershon) in the Korean Revised Version, Gershom in WEB
- Judges 18:30 names “Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses”; the Korean Revised Version calls him the grandson of Moses and the son of 게르손. Exodus 18:3 says of Moses’ two sons, “The name of one son was Gershom”; the Korean Revised Version spells him 게르솜 there.
Source evidence (2)
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- EXO 18:1–6, engwebp
1Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
2Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
3and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.
4The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”
5Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.
6He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”
- JDG 18:30, engwebp
30The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
- EXO 18:1–6, engwebp
- Exodus 6:16 says, “These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari”, and Numbers 3:17, “These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.” The Korean Revised Version spells this son of Levi 게르손, as it spells the father of Jonathan at Judges 18:30.
Source evidence (3)
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- EXO 6:16, engwebp
16These 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 one hundred thirty-seven years.
- JDG 18:30, engwebp
30The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
- NUM 3:17, engwebp
17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- EXO 6:16, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 6:16–17 says, “The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.” WEB writes Levi’s son Gershom here; the Korean Revised Version writes 게르손 in these verses.
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- 1CH 6:16–19, engwebp
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
- 1CH 6:16–19, engwebp
At Judges 18:30 the Korean Revised Version calls Jonathan the grandson of Moses and the son of 게르손, and WEB names “Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses”. This collection follows father and son and records his father as Gershom, the son of Moses (person-gershom-moses), notes that the Korean Revised Version spells the name as it spells Gershon, the son of Levi (person-gershon, Exodus 6:16), and does not decide which spelling is right.
Unresolved interpretation: Ladan of the Gershonites at 1 Chronicles 23:7 and Libni
- Exodus 6:17 says, “The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.”
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- EXO 6:16–20, engwebp
16These 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 one hundred thirty-seven years.
17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
18The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
20Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years.
- EXO 6:16–20, engwebp
- Numbers 3:18 says, “These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.”
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- NUM 3:18, engwebp
18These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
- NUM 3:18, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 6:17 says, “These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.” The Korean Revised Version writes the name 게르손 (Gershon) here.
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- 1CH 6:16–19, engwebp
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
- 1CH 6:16–19, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 23:7 says, “Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.” The Korean Revised Version reads 게르손 자손은 라단과 시므이라 (the children of Gershon are Ladan and Shimei).
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- 1CH 23:6–11, engwebp
6David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.
10The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.
- 1CH 23:6–11, engwebp
Exodus 6:17 and Numbers 3:18 name the sons of Gershon Libni and Shimei, and 1 Chronicles 6:17 names “the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei” (the Korean 게르손); 1 Chronicles 23:7 says, “Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.” Both editions write Ladan and Libni as two names (the Korean 라단 and 립니). The text does not say whether Ladan is Libni. This collection links the Shimei of 23:7 to Shimei (son of Gershon), records Ladan in the list of 23:6–11 without linking him to any entry, and does not decide whether Ladan and Libni are the same man.
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Levi (son of Jacob) — Father of — Gershon
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 6:1–3, 1 Chronicles 6:16–19, 1 Chronicles 6:39–43, 1 Chronicles 23:6–11, Genesis 46:8–27, Numbers 3:17
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Gershon — Father of — Libni
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 6:16–19, 1 Chronicles 6:20–21, Numbers 3:18
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Gershon — Father of — Shimei (son of Gershon)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 6:16–19, Numbers 3:18
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Appears in the narrated event (1) — The names of Israel’s household who came into Egypt
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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.
These are those who were counted of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Gershon (person-gershon) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/gershon Current wording: Person in Genesis 46:8–27: Gershon. Cited evidence: 1CH 6:1–3, engwebp / 1CH 6:16–19, engwebp / 1CH 6:20–21, engwebp / 1CH 6:39–43, engwebp / 1CH 23:6–11, engwebp / GEN 46:8–27, engwebp / NUM 3:17, engwebp / NUM 3:18, engwebp (and 1 more of 9) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.