Exodus 6:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.”
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“And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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 <FI>are<Fi> a hundred and thirty and seven years.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 6:20 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 2:1Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
- Exodus 2:2and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
- Exodus 6:16These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- Exodus 6:18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
- Numbers 26:58These 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 26:59and 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.
- Joshua 21:4The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
- 1 Chronicles 23:13The 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.
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