Levi
1567 BCE–1430 BCE · Biblical era · Charan (Haran)
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Levi was the third son of Yaakov and Leah. She named him from her hope that 'this time my husband will become attached to me' (Genesis 29:34). He is best known for one violent episode. After the prince Shechem violated their sister Dinah, Levi and his brother Shimon attacked the city of Shechem and killed its men, and Yaakov rebuked them for endangering the family (Genesis 34:25-31). On his deathbed Yaakov returned to the incident: he condemned their anger and declared that he would 'scatter them in Israel' (Genesis 49:5-7). Levi went down to Egypt with the family. His sons were Gershon, Kehat and Merari, and he lived 137 years (Exodus 6:16). Through Kehat and Amram he was the great-grandfather of Aharon and Moshe (Exodus 6:18-20). His descendants became the tribe of Levi, which later held a special religious role among the tribes and received no ordinary territory of its own (Joshua 13:14).
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Charan (Haran)חרן
What they did here
Born to Leah during Yaakov's years in Laban's household in Haran (Genesis 29:4, 34).
About Charan (Haran)
Haran (Hebrew Charan) was an ancient city in upper Mesopotamia (its site lies near Harran in southeastern Turkey, on the Syrian border). According to the Torah, it was where Abraham's family settled after leaving Ur, from where Abraham departed for Canaan, and where Jacob later dwelt with his uncle Laban and married Leah and Rachel.
In Charan (Haran) at the same time
Rivka Imenu, Yaakov Avinu, Leah Imenu, Rachel Imenu, Yehudah
In the same place & time
Sages whose lives overlapped with Levi’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.
In the same tradition
Rivka Imenu, Yaakov Avinu, Leah Imenu, Rachel Imenu, Yehudah, Yosef HaTzaddik
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Levi’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn from recorded birth and death years (reign years for rulers whose lives are undated); where only one end of a life is known, a span of about 70 years is assumed.
Egyptian world
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