Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. New Living Translation Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.) English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. King James Bible 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. New King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible 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. NASB 1995 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. NASB 1977 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. Legacy Standard Bible 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. Amplified Bible Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to Aaron and Moses; and Amram lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. Christian Standard Bible Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. Holman Christian Standard Bible Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. American Standard 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 a hundred and thirty and seven years. Aramaic Bible in Plain English 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version Amram lived to be 137. He married his father's sister Jochebed, and they had two sons, Aaron and Moses. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Amram married his father's sister Jochebed. She gave birth to Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. Good News Translation Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. International Standard Version Amram married Jochebed, his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived for 137 years. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version 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. Majority Standard Bible And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. New American Bible Amram married his aunt Jochebed, who bore him Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Amram lived one hundred and thirty-seven years. NET Bible Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram's life was 137 years.) New Revised Standard Version 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. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Context Genealogies of Moses and Aaron…19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records. 20And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. 21The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.… Cross References Exodus 2:1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi, Exodus 2:2 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months. Numbers 3:1 This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. Numbers 26:58 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, 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. 1 Chronicles 23:13 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. Treasury of Scripture 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. Amram Exodus 2:1,2 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi… Numbers 26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. and the years. Exodus 6:16,18 And these 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 an hundred thirty and seven years… Jump to Previous Aaron Amram Amram's Bare Beareth Birth Bore Father's Hundred Jochebed Joch'ebed Life Married Moses Seven Sister Thirty Thirty-Seven WifeJump to Next Aaron Amram Amram's Bare Beareth Birth Bore Father's Hundred Jochebed Joch'ebed Life Married Moses Seven Sister Thirty Thirty-Seven WifeExodus 6 1. God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH9. Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites 10. He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh 14. Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon and Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron 26. The history resumed (20) Amram took him Jocheoed his father's sister to wife.--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). The years of the life of Amram.--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. Verse 20. - Amram. That this Amram is the "man of the house of Levi" mentioned in Exodus 2:1, 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 (Numbers 3:27, 28). 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. Jochebed his father's sister. 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 Leviticus 18:12. The name Jochebed is the earliest known compounded with Jah, or Jehovah. It means "the glory of Jehovah." She bare him Aaron and Moses. Aaron is placed first, as being older than Moses (Exodus 7:7). Miriam is omitted, since the object of the writer is confined to tracing descent in the male line.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And Amramעַמְרָ֜ם (‘am·rām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6019: Amram -- the father of Moses, also an Israelite married וַיִּקַּ֨ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take his father’s sister דֹּֽדָתוֹ֙ (dō·ḏā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1733: An aunt Jochebed, יוֹכֶ֤בֶד (yō·w·ḵe·ḇeḏ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3115: Jochebed -- 'the LORD is glory', mother of Moses and she bore וַתֵּ֣לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage him Aaron אַהֲרֹ֖ן (’a·hă·rōn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses and Moses. מֹשֶׁ֑ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver Amram עַמְרָ֔ם (‘am·rām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6019: Amram -- the father of Moses, also an Israelite lived חַיֵּ֣י (ḥay·yê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life 137 שֶׁ֧בַע (še·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number years. וּשְׁנֵי֙ (ū·šə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 8141: A year Links Exodus 6:20 NIVExodus 6:20 NLT Exodus 6:20 ESV Exodus 6:20 NASB Exodus 6:20 KJV Exodus 6:20 BibleApps.com Exodus 6:20 Biblia Paralela Exodus 6:20 Chinese Bible Exodus 6:20 French Bible Exodus 6:20 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 6:20 Amram took Jochebed his father's sister (Exo. 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