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'''Levi''' (which means "attached") was the third son of Jacob through his first wife Leah. He was so named because Leah was hoping that her husband would love her, despite the fact that he loved Rachel more than he loved her. He is also the founding father of the tribe of Levi from which Moses and Aaron came.
 
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{{Infobox_Person|name = Levi|Sibling(s) = *[[Reuben (Patriarch)|Reuben]]
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*[[Simeon (Patriarch)|Simeon]]
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*[[Judah (Patriarch)|Judah]]
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*[[Dan (Patriarch)|Dan]]
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*[[Naphtali (Patriarch)|Naphtali]]
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*[[Gad (Patriarch)|Gad]]
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*[[Asher (Patriarch)|Asher]]
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*[[Issachar (Patriarch)| Issachar]]
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*[[Zebulun (Patriarch)|Zebulun]]
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*[[Joseph (Patriarch)|Joseph]]
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*[[Benjamin (Patriarch)|Benjamin]]
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*[[Dinah|Dinah (Sister)]]|Parents = *[[Jacob]]
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*[[Leah]]|Offspring= * [[Gershon]]
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'''Levi''' (which means attached) was the third son of [[Jacob]] through his first wife [[Leah]]. He was so named because Leah was hoping that her husband would love her, despite the fact that he loved Rachel more than he loved her. He is also the founding father of the [[Tribe of Levi]] from which [[Moses]] and [[Aaron]] came.
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==Biography==
 
After Israel and his family traveled to the outskirts of the settlement of Shechem, [[Dinah]] was defiled by the son of the man who ruled over the area. After the men of Shechem had been duped into a false sense of security, Levi along with his brother Simeon took swords and killed every male. The settlement then was looted of everything, including women and children.
   
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==Etymology==
Levi's story in Genesis chapter 34 is tied in with his sister Dinah. After Israel and his family traveled to the outskirts of the settlement of Shechem, Dinah was defiled by the son of the man who ruled over the area. After the men of Shechem had been duped into a false sense of security, Levi along with his brother Simeon took swords and killed every male. The settlement then was looted of everything, including women and children.
 
   
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==Verses==
In Jacob's last words to both Levi and Simeon, he said:
 
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:''Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.'' (Gen 49:5-7)
 
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And his words came true, in that Levi as becoming the priestly tribe of Israel had no territorial inheritance in the land of Israel, while Simeon ended up becoming absorbed into the tribe of Judah and lost their tribal identity.
 
 
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Levi (Patriarch) is found in the Old Testament

This article is about the patriarch, and son of Jacob. You may be looking for the Tribe.

Levi (which means attached) was the third son of Jacob through his first wife Leah. He was so named because Leah was hoping that her husband would love her, despite the fact that he loved Rachel more than he loved her. He is also the founding father of the Tribe of Levi from which Moses and Aaron came.

Biography

After Israel and his family traveled to the outskirts of the settlement of Shechem, Dinah was defiled by the son of the man who ruled over the area. After the men of Shechem had been duped into a false sense of security, Levi along with his brother Simeon took swords and killed every male. The settlement then was looted of everything, including women and children.

Etymology

Verses

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