"And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath" etc. (Ex. vi, 16). "And the sons of Kohath; Amram," etc. (18). "And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses" (20). "And the children of Israel journeyed from Ramases to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children" (Ex. xii, 37). Levi was the son of Jacob, Kohath was the son of Levi, Amram was the son of Kohath, and Moses was the son of Amram. Moses was the fourth generation from Jacob. In the time of Moses the adult male population of Israel numbered 600,000, representing a total population of about 3,000,000. Thus in four generations the progeny of Jacob increased from twelve persons to three millions. 15. Judah, Jacob's fourth son, married and had three sons--Er, Onan, and Shelah. Er grew to manhood, married Tamar, and died. Onan then married his widow, and died also. Shelah, who was much younger than Onan, grew to manhood and refused to marry his brother's widow. Tamar then had two sons, Pharez and Zarah, by Judah himself (Gen. xxxviii). Pharez grew to manhood, married, and had two sons, Hezron and Hamil (xlvi, 12), before Jacob and his family went to Egypt. When they went to Egypt, Judah was but forty-two years old. CHAPTER XV. THE JEWISH KINGS. Much of the Bible is devoted to events which are narrated but once. These records may be true, or they may be false. We may question their truthfulness, but it is difficult to demonstrate their falsity. Had all the events of the Bible been recorded but once its credibility could the more easily be maintained. But wherever two or more accounts of the same events occur, such as in Kings and Chronicles, where two histories of the Jewish Kings are given, and in the Four Gospels, where four biographies of Jesus are given, we find them so filled with discrepancies as to make them unworthy of credit. The following are some of the contradictory statements that occur in the books pertaining to the Jewish kings: 1 Was David the seventh or the eighth son of Jesse? "And Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, Nethaniel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, David the seventh" (1 Chron. ii, 13-15). "Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these. And Samuel said unto Jesse, are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest [David]" (1 Sam. xvi, 10, 11). 2 Who gave David the shewbread to eat when he was a fugitive from Saul? "Then came David to Nob to Abimelech the [High] priest.... So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread" (1 Sam. xxi, 1, 6).