Cross references
Genesis 29:34
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
- a Levi sounds like the Hebrew for being attached to or feeling affection for.
Genesis 29:34 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 32:26–29 (5 votes) and Genesis 49:5–7 (4 votes). 24 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 3 to Revelation 7.
Which verses does Genesis 29:34 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Exodus 32:26–295 votes
So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him. He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’” …
- Genesis 49:5–74 votes
Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence. May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim. …
- Genesis 34:253 votes
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
- Genesis 35:233 votes
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Genesis 46:113 votes
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exodus 2:13 votes
Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
- Numbers 18:2–43 votes
But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony. And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die. …
- Deuteronomy 33:8–103 votes
Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah. He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant. …
Which verses point to Genesis 29:34?
The 10 strongest of 24.