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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- NKJV 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 were one hundred and thirty-seven.
- NLT Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.)
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Amram marries Jochebed and fathers Aaron and Moses, living 137 years. This names the parents of Israel's deliverers.
Overview
Amram and Jochebed are identified as the parents of the two men God will use to redeem Israel, fulfilling the line traced from Levi. The marriage to a close relative reflects an era before the later Mosaic prohibitions on such unions. From this humble Levite household God raises up the deliverer Moses, reminding us that He often works His saving purposes through ordinary, faithful families.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Num 26:59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
- Exod 2:1–2A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
- Exod 6:18The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.
- Exod 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.
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