Numbers 26:59

The 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.

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WEBBE

The 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.

BSB

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

BBE

Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom he had in Egypt: by Amram she had Moses and Aaron and their sister Miriam.

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וְשֵׁם ve·shem and [the] name of H8034 אֵשֶׁת 'e·shet [the] wife of H802 עַמְרָם 'am·ram Amram H6019 יוֹכֶבֶד yo·khe·ved [was] Jochebed H3115 בַּת־ bat- [the] daughter of H1323 לֵוִי le·vi Levi H3878 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher whom H834 יָלְדָה yal·dah someone bore H3205 אֹתָהּ 'o·tah (marks the object) her H853 לְלֵוִי le·le·vi to Levi H3878 בְּמִצְרָיִם be·mitz·ra·yim in Egypt H4714 וַתֵּלֶד va·te·led and she bore H3205 לְעַמְרָם le·'am·ram to Amram H6019 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אַהֲרֹן 'a·ha·ron Aaron H175 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 מֹשֶׁה mo·sheh Moses H4872 וְאֵת ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 מִרְיָם mir·yam Miriam H4813 אֲחֹתָם 'a·cho·tam sister their H269

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 57–62

Levi was God's tribe; therefore it was not numbered with the rest, but alone. It came not under the sentence, that none of them should enter Canaan excepting Caleb and Joshua.

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People & places

MosesAaronAmramLeviMiriamJochebed Egypt

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AmramKohathJochebed

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.