KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 6:20
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
WEB World 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Exodus 6
17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath [were] an hundred thirty and three years.
19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these [are] the families of Levi according to their generations.
20 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.
21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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וַיִּקַּ֨חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeעַמְרָ֜םH6019 · am.ramAmramאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יוֹכֶ֤בֶדH3115 · yo.khe.vedJochebedדֹּֽדָתוֹ֙H1733 · do.dahauntל֣וֹH9033 · ohimלְאִשָּׁ֔הH802 · ish.shahwomanוַתֵּ֣לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetל֔וֹH9033 · ohimאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַהֲרֹ֖ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מֹשֶׁ֑הH4872 · mo.shehMosesוּשְׁנֵי֙H8141 · sha.nehyearחַיֵּ֣יH2416 · chayaliveעַמְרָ֔םH6019 · am.ramAmramשֶׁ֧בַעH7651 · she.vasevenוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyוּמְאַ֖תH3967 · me.ahhundredשָׁנָֽה׃H8141 · sha.nehyear
Cross-references
Numbers 26:59And 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.Exodus 2:1-2And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi.Exodus 6:16And 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.Exodus 6:18And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath [were] an hundred thirty and three years.
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