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Amram lived 137 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram <i>were</i> an hundred and thirty and seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now Amram took for himself Jochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram <i>were</i> one hundred and thirty-seven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram’s life was 137 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Amram married his father&#8217s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram&#8217s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Amram took his father’s sister Jochebed as a wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of Amram’s life were 137 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to Aaron and Moses; and Amram lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Amram married his father&#8217s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Amram lived to be 137. He married his father's sister Jochebed, and they had two sons, Aaron and Moses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Amram married his father's sister Jochebed. She gave birth to Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Amram married Jochebed, his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived for 137 years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Amram married his father?s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram's life was 137 years.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Amram took him Jochebed, his father's sister, for a wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Amram takes his aunt Jochebed to himself for a wife, and she bears Aaron and Moses to him; and the years of the life of Amram [are] one hundred and thirty-seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Amram taketh Jochebed his aunt to himself for a wife, and she beareth to him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram are a hundred and thirty and seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Amram will take Jochebed his father's sister, to him for a wife; and she will bare to him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram, seven and thirty and a hundred years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Amram took to wife Jochabed his aunt by the father's side: and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of Amram's life were a hundred and thirty-seven. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now Amram took as a wife Jochebed, his paternal aunt, who bore for him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Amram married his aunt Jochebed, who bore him Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Amram lived one hundred and thirty-seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Amram married Jochebed his father’s sister and she bore him Aaron and Moses, and the length of Amram’s life was one hundred thirty-seven years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Amram took his uncle's daughter Jokhaber, and she bore him Aaron, Moses, and Miriam; and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Amram took a woman, Yokabar, daughter of his paternal uncle, and she bore to him Aaron and Maryam and Moshe, and the years of life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Ambram took to wife Jochabed the daughter of his father's brother, and she bore to him both Aaron and Moses, and Mariam their sister: and the years of the life of Ambram were a hundred and thirty-two years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/6-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=1319" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/6.htm">Genealogies of Moses and Aaron</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6019.htm" title="6019: ‘am·rām (N-proper-ms) -- The father of Moses, also an Isr. Probably from am and ruwm; high people; Amram, the name of two Israelites.">And Amram</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">married</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: lə·’iš·šāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1733.htm" title="1733: dō·ḏā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Aunt. Feminine of dowd; an aunt.">his father’s sister</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3115.htm" title="3115: yō·w·ḵe·ḇeḏ (N-proper-fs) -- The LORD is glory, mother of Moses. From Yhovah contracted and kabad; Jehovah-gloried; Jokebed, the mother of Moses.">Jochebed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: wat·tê·leḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">and she bore</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: ’a·hă·rōn (N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">Aaron</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">and Moses.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: ū·šə·nê (Conj-w:: N-fpc) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6019.htm" title="6019: ‘am·rām (N-proper-ms) -- The father of Moses, also an Isr. Probably from am and ruwm; high people; Amram, the name of two Israelites.">Amram</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yê (N-mpc) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">lived</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘ (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">137</a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: ū·šə·lō·šîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: ū·mə·’aṯ (Conj-w:: Number-fsc) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/26-59.htm">Numbers 26:59</a></span><br />and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-1.htm">Exodus 2:1-2</a></span><br />Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, / and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-23.htm">Hebrews 11:23</a></span><br />By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-20.htm">Acts 7:20</a></span><br />At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-3.htm">1 Chronicles 6:3</a></span><br />The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20</a></span><br />Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-1.htm">Numbers 12:1</a></span><br />Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/10-4.htm">Leviticus 10:4</a></span><br />Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-13.htm">1 Chronicles 23:13</a></span><br />The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1-4</a></span><br />This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. / These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. / These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/26-57.htm">Numbers 26:57-59</a></span><br />Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari. / These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram, / and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-1.htm">1 Chronicles 6:1-2</a></span><br />The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. / The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/7-7.htm">Exodus 7:7</a></span><br />Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/4-14.htm">Exodus 4:14</a></span><br />Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/4-27.htm">Exodus 4:27</a></span><br />Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.</p><p class="hdg">Amram</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-1.htm">Exodus 2:1,2</a></b></br> And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took <i>to wife</i> a daughter of Levi… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/26-59.htm">Numbers 26:59</a></b></br> And the name of Amram's wife <i>was</i> Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom <i>her mother</i> bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.</p><p class="hdg">and the years.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/6-16.htm">Exodus 6:16,18</a></b></br> And these <i>are</i> the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi <i>were</i> an hundred thirty and seven years… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/6-13.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/exodus/6-18.htm">Amram</a> <a href="/numbers/26-59.htm">Amram's</a> <a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/exodus/6-14.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/exodus/6-18.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/numbers/26-59.htm">Jochebed</a> <a href="/numbers/26-59.htm">Joch'ebed</a> <a href="/exodus/6-18.htm">Life</a> <a href="/exodus/2-1.htm">Married</a> <a href="/exodus/6-13.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/6-16.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/2-7.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/exodus/6-18.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/exodus/6-16.htm">Thirty-Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/4-20.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/numbers/3-19.htm">Amram</a> <a href="/numbers/26-59.htm">Amram's</a> <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/exodus/6-25.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/numbers/26-59.htm">Jochebed</a> <a href="/numbers/26-59.htm">Joch'ebed</a> <a href="/exodus/21-6.htm">Life</a> <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Married</a> <a href="/exodus/6-26.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/7-25.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/exodus/12-40.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/numbers/31-36.htm">Thirty-Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/6-23.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-1.htm">God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-9.htm">Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-10.htm">He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-14.htm">Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon and Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-26.htm">The history resumed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The marriage of Amram and Jochebed reflects the early patriarchal period's customs before the Law was given. Jochebed, being Amram's aunt, indicates the close-knit family structures of the Israelites during their time in Egypt. This union is significant as it produced two of Israel's most important leaders, Aaron and Moses. The name Jochebed means "Yahweh is glory," which may reflect the faith and hope of the Israelites during their bondage in Egypt.<p><b>and she bore him Aaron and Moses</b><br>Aaron and Moses are central figures in the narrative of the Exodus. Aaron, the elder brother, became the first high priest of Israel, establishing the Aaronic priesthood. Moses, chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, is a type of Christ as a deliverer and mediator. Their births are significant in the unfolding of God's redemptive plan for Israel. The mention of their mother, Jochebed, emphasizes the importance of maternal influence and faith, as seen in her actions to save Moses from Pharaoh's decree (<a href="/exodus/2.htm">Exodus 2:1-10</a>).<p><b>Amram lived 137 years</b><br>The lifespan of Amram, 137 years, is consistent with the long lifespans recorded in the genealogies of the patriarchs. This detail underscores the continuity of God's covenant promises through the generations. The longevity of Amram's life allowed him to witness the growth of his sons and the initial stages of God's deliverance of Israel. It also reflects the historical context of the time, where such lifespans were not uncommon among the patriarchs, as seen in the genealogies of Genesis.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amram.htm">Amram</a></b><br>A member of the tribe of Levi, Amram is the father of Aaron and Moses. His marriage to Jochebed, his father's sister, is noted in this verse, highlighting the familial lineage of two significant biblical figures.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jochebed.htm">Jochebed</a></b><br>The mother of Aaron and Moses, Jochebed is a key figure in the preservation and upbringing of Moses, who would later lead the Israelites out of Egypt.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>The elder brother of Moses, Aaron becomes the first high priest of Israel and plays a crucial role in the Exodus account and the establishment of the priesthood.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>One of the most prominent figures in the Bible, Moses is chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage and to receive the Law on Mount Sinai.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/levi.htm">Levi</a></b><br>The tribe of Levi is significant in Israel's history, as it is the tribe from which the priestly line is established. Amram and Jochebed's lineage is rooted in this tribe.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_family_lineage.htm">The Importance of Family Lineage</a></b><br>Understanding the family lineage of biblical figures like Moses and Aaron helps us appreciate God's providential plan in history. It reminds us that God often works through families to accomplish His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_courage_in_adverse_circumstances.htm">Faith and Courage in Adverse Circumstances</a></b><br>Jochebed's faith and courage in protecting Moses serve as an example for believers to trust God and act righteously, even when facing difficult circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_choice.htm">God's Sovereign Choice</a></b><br>The selection of Moses and Aaron from the tribe of Levi underscores God's sovereign choice in raising leaders for His people. It encourages us to recognize and accept God's calling in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_women_in_god's_plan.htm">The Role of Women in God's Plan</a></b><br>Jochebed's role highlights the significant impact women have in God's redemptive history. It challenges us to value and support the contributions of women in the faith community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_events_in_aaron's_life.htm">What were the key events in Aaron's life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_name_of_moses'_mother.htm">What is the name of Moses' mother?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/exodus_2_2_-_how_was_moses_hidden.htm">Exodus 2:2 – How could a newborn be successfully hidden for three months without detection by Pharaoh’s forces? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_bible's_close_relatives.htm">Who are the close relatives in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">Amram took him Jocheoed his father's sister to wife.</span>--Marriages with aunts and nieces were not unlawful before the giving of the Law. They were common throughout the East, and at Sparta (Herod. vi. 71, 7:239).<p><span class= "bld">The</span> <span class= "bld">years</span> <span class= "bld">of the life of Amram.</span>--The long lives of Levi, Kohath, and Amram, the father of Moses, are not recorded for any chronological purpose, but to show that the blessing of God rested in an especial way on the house of Levi, even before it became the priestly tribe. Life in Egypt at the time not unfrequently reached 120 years; but the 137 of Levi, the 133 of Kohath, and the 137 of Amram, the father of Moses, would, even in Egypt, have been abnormal.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Amram</span>. That this Amram is the "man of the house of Levi" mentioned in <a href="/exodus/2-1.htm">Exodus 2:1</a>, cannot be doubted; but it is scarcely possible that he should be the Amram of ver. 18, the actual son of Kohath and contemporary of Joseph. He is probably a descendant of the sixth or seventh generation, who bore the same name, and was the head of the Amramite house. That house, at the time of the Exodus, numbered above two thousand males (<a href="/numbers/3-27.htm">Numbers 3:27, 28</a>). See the excellent remarks of Keil and Delitzsch, 'Biblical Commentary,' vol. 1. p. 470, E. T.; and compare Kurtz, 'History of Old Covenant,' vol. 2. p. 144, and Cook, in 'Speaker's Commentary,' vol. 1. p. 274. <span class="cmt_word">Jochebed his father's sister</span>. Marriages with aunts and nieces have been common in many countries, and are not forbidden by any natural instinct. They first became unlawful by the positive command recorded in <a href="/leviticus/18-12.htm">Leviticus 18:12</a>. The name Jochebed is the earliest known compounded with Jah, or Jehovah. It means "the glory of Jehovah." <span class="cmt_word">She bare him Aaron and Moses</span>. Aaron is placed first, as being older than Moses (<a href="/exodus/7-7.htm">Exodus 7:7</a>). Miriam is omitted, since the object of the writer is confined to tracing descent in the male line. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/6-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And Amram</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמְרָ֜ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6019.htm">Strong's 6019: </a> </span><span class="str2">Amram -- the father of Moses, also an Israelite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">married</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקַּ֨ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his father’s sister</span><br /><span class="heb">דֹּֽדָתוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(dō·ḏā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1733.htm">Strong's 1733: </a> </span><span class="str2">An aunt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jochebed,</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹכֶ֤בֶד</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ḵe·ḇeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3115.htm">Strong's 3115: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jochebed -- 'the LORD is glory', mother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and she bore</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֵּ֣לֶד</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tê·leḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him Aaron</span><br /><span class="heb">אַהֲרֹ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(’a·hă·rōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Moses.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Amram</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמְרָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6019.htm">Strong's 6019: </a> </span><span class="str2">Amram -- the father of Moses, also an Israelite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lived</span><br /><span class="heb">חַיֵּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥay·yê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">137</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֧בַע</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּשְׁנֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·šə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/6-20.htm">Exodus 6:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/6-20.htm">Exodus 6:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/6-20.htm">Exodus 6:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/6-20.htm">Exodus 6:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/6-20.htm">Exodus 6:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/6-20.htm">Exodus 6:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/6-20.htm">Exodus 6:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/6-20.htm">Exodus 6:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/6-20.htm">Exodus 6:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/6-20.htm">Exodus 6:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/6-20.htm">OT Law: Exodus 6:20 Amram took Jochebed his father's sister (Exo. 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