Laadan

Also called Jahath and Libni

Mentioned 1699–1014 BC traditional (Jones)

White, one of the two sons of Gershon, the son of Levi (Ex. 6:17; Num. 3:18, 21).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father: Gershon
Child: Shimei
Sibling: Shimei
Tagged in: 9 verses

The 26th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
Mentioned in the era of the Judges, 1450–1051 BC.
Named in the same verses as Gershon, Shimei, Jehiel, Haran, Haziel, Joel, Shelomith, and Zetham.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children; a button shows the grandchildren. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1870–843 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

9 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

Exodus1
Numbers1
1 Chronicles7

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Laadan 0Jahath 8Libni 5
KJV	Laadan 7Jahath 8Libni 5
ASV	Laadan 0Jahath 8Libni 5

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 9 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Exodus1 verse

6:17
The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Numbers1 verse

3:18
These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

1 Chronicles7 verses

6:17
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
6:20
Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
6:43
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
23:7
The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
23:8
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel—three in all.
23:9
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
26:21
From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.