Exodus 6 · Verse 20

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.
Exodus 6:20, King James Version

Exodus 6:20 in other translations

BSBAnd Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
WEBAmram 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd Amram took Jochebed his aunt as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
BBEAnd Amram took Jochebed, his father's sister, as wife; and she gave birth to Aaron and Moses: and the years of Amram's life were a hundred and thirty-seven.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Exodus 6:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife--The Septuagint and Syriac versions render it "his cousin."

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 His father's sister - דדתו dodatho. The true meaning of this word is uncertain. Parkhurst observes that דוד dod signifies an uncle in 1Sam 10:14; Lev 10:4, and frequently elsewhere. It signifies also an uncle's son, a cousin-german: compare Jer 32:8 with Exo 6:12, where the Vulgate renders דדי dodi by patruelis mei, my paternal cousin; and in Amo 6:10, for דודו dodo, the Targum has קריביה karibiah, his near relation. So the Vulgate, propinquus ejus, his relative, and the Septuagint, οἱ οικειοι αυτων, those of their household. The best critics suppose that Jochebed was the cousin-german of Amram, and not his aunt. See Clarke's note on Exo 2:1. Bare him Aaron and Moses - The Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, and one Hebrew MS. add, And Miriam their sister. Some of the best critics suppose these words to have been originally in the Hebrew text.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 6:14-30

Moses and Aaron were Israelites; raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the Prophet and Priest, the Redeemer and Lawgiver of the people of Israel. Moses returns to his narrative, and repeats the charge God had given him to deliver his message to Pharaoh, and his objection against it. Those who have spoken unadvisedly with their lips ought to reflect upon it with regret, as…

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Exodus 6:20 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
עַמְרָ֜ם'am.RamAmramH6019
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יוֹכֶ֤בֶדyo.Khe.vedJochebedH3115
דֹּֽדָתוֹ֙do.da.Tofather's sister hisH1733
ל֣וֹlofor <the> himself
לְאִשָּׁ֔הle.'i.Shahto a wifeH802
וַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledand she boreH3205
ל֔וֹloto <the> him
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וּשְׁנֵי֙u.she.Neiand [the] years ofH8141
חַיֵּ֣יchai.Yei[the] life ofH2416
עַמְרָ֔ם'am.RamAmramH6019
שֶׁ֧בַעShe.va'[were] sevenH7651
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛יםu.she.lo.Shimand thirtyH7970
וּמְאַ֖תu.me.'Atand one hundredH3967
שָׁנָֽה\׃sha.Nahyear[s]H8141

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 6:20

  • 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.

  • Exodus 2:1-2

    And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

  • Exodus 6:16

    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.

  • Exodus 6:18

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Amram.
2:1,2; Nu 26:59
and the years.The Samaritan, LXX., Syriac, and one Hebrew MS. add, "And Miriam their sister;" which some of the best critics suppose to have been originally in the text.
16,18

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Context

  • Exodus 6:19

    And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

  • 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.

  • Exodus 6:21

    And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

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Exodus 6:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Amram tomó por mujer á Jochêbed su tía; la cual le parió á Aarón y á Moisés. Y los años de la vida de Amram fueron ciento treinta y siete años.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Amram prit pour femme Jokébed, sa tante, et elle lui enfanta Aaron et Moïse. Et les années de la vie d’Amram furent 137 ans.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Amram nahm Jokebed, seine Muhme, sich zum Weibe, und sie gebar ihm Aaron und Mose; und die Lebensjahre Amrams waren 137 Jahre.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Accepit autem Amram uxorem Jochabed patruelem suam: quæ peperit ei Aaron et Moysen. Fueruntque anni vitæ Amram, centum triginta septem.