Bible Strands
Exodus 6:20
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator continues a systematic genealogical record of the Levite clans.
The words — וַ/יִּקַּ֨ח (va/i.yi.Kach) literally means "and he took," denoting marriage, and וַ/תֵּ֣לֶד (va./Te.led) means "and she bore," marking childbirth.
The thread — The same marriage appears in Exodus 2:1 and Numbers 26:59, which identify Jochebed as Levi’s daughter born in Egypt, while Exodus 6:16 situates this entry within the broader Levi family list.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to recognize documented lineage as the concrete mechanism through which promised descendants are tracked and preserved across generations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 2:1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
- Numbers 26:59 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.
- Exodus 6:16 These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- Exodus 6:18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.