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Levi, son of Melchi, an ancestor of Jesus mentioned in Luke's genealogy (Luk.3.24).
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Levi, the son of Melchi, is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ recorded in the Gospel of Luke (Luk.3.24). He was an ancestor of Jesus, but no additional information is provided about his life or role in the biblical narrative. Levi lived sometime between the Babylonian exile and the birth of Christ.
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s G3017
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.