KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the name of Amram’s wife is Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whom one hath born to Levi in Egypt; and she beareth to Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Surrounding context — Numbers 26
56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
57 And these [are] they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
58 These [are] the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
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.
60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
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וְשֵׁ֣ם׀H8034 · shemnameאֵ֣שֶׁתH802 · ish.shahwomanעַמְרָ֗םH6019 · am.ramAmramיוֹכֶ֙בֶד֙H3115 · yo.khe.vedJochebedבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterלֵוִ֔יH3878 · le.viLeviאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichיָלְדָ֥הH3205 · ya.ladto begetאֹתָ֛הּH853 · et[Obj.]לְלֵוִ֖יH3878 · le.viLeviבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוַתֵּ֣לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetלְעַמְרָ֗םH6019 · am.ramAmramאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַהֲרֹן֙H175 · a.ha.ronAaronוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מֹשֶׁ֔הH4872 · mo.shehMosesוְאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]מִרְיָ֥םH4813 · mir.yamMiriamאֲחֹתָֽם׃H269 · a.chotsister
Cross-references
Exodus 6:20And 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.Exodus 2:1-2And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi.Leviticus 18:12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she [is] thy father’s near kinswoman.
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