She conceived again, and bare a son. Said, *Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.* Therefore was his name called Levi.
The sons of Yehudah: `Er, Onan, Shelach, Peretz, and Zerach; but `Er and Onan died in the land of Kena`an. The sons of Peretz were Chetzron and Chamul.
These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Re'uven the firstborn of Yisra'el: Chanokh, and Pallu, Chetzron, and Karmi; these are the families of Re'uven.
These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kehat, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.