Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel. Genesis 49:6.
Family history. Everybody has one. Gershonites are no exception. Gershon's father was a man by the name of Levi.
Levi was the third born son of Jacob and Leah. There was big time rivalry between Jacob's two wives, Rachel and Leah. Rachel was the more beautiful of the two and Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah.
To say that Leah was desperate for her husband's affection would be an understatement. The name Levi means, "Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Genesis 29:34.
Levi and his brother Simeon distinguished themselves from their brothers by executing vigilante justice on the Shechemites for, "treating our sister like a prostitute." Genesis 34:31.
This action of brought strong reproof upon them by their father Jacob. Levi's younger brother Joseph labels them as men with swords of violence, quick to shed blood. Genesis 49:5-7.
And so there you have a little bit more background on the family history of the Gershonites. I hope that it blesses you. I hope that you will join me again as we seek His face evermore!
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