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Moses and Jochebed by Pedro Américo, 1884. According to the Bible, Jochebed (/ ˈ j ɒ k ɪ b ɛ d /; Biblical Hebrew: יוֹכֶבֶד, romanized: Yōḵeḇeḏ, lit. 'YHWH is glory', the 'J' is pronounced like a 'Y') was a daughter of Levi [1] and mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. She was the wife of Amram, as well as his aunt. [2]
Miriam was the daughter of Amram and Jochebed and the sister of Aaron and Moses, the leader of the Israelites in ancient Egypt. [7] The narrative of Moses's infancy in the Torah describes an unnamed sister of Moses observing him being placed in the Nile ; she is traditionally identified as Miriam. [8]: 71
In the Apocryphal Testament of Levi, it is stated that Amram was born as a grandson of Levi when Levi was 64 years old. [9] The Exodus Rabbah argues that when the Pharaoh instructed midwives to throw male children into the Nile, Amram divorced Jochebed, who was three months pregnant with Moses at the time, arguing that there was no justification for the Israelite men to father children if they ...
In the Book of Exodus, Kehath has four sons, Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.Amram marries Jochebed and sires Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. [7] Although some Greek and Latin manuscripts of the Septuagint version of the Torah state that Jochebed was Kehath's cousin, [8] the Hebrew Masoretic Text states that she was his sister [9] —that is, Amram's aunt—and Jochebed's relationship to Levi is ...
Judah, Jacob's fourth son, mistook his daughter-in-law Tamar for a prostitute while she was veiled, and had sex with her. [11] Amram married his paternal aunt Jochebed, the mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses. [12] However, according to the Septuagint, she was his cousin. [13] Amnon, King David's eldest son and heir to the throne, raped his half ...
As JonBenét Ramsey’s murder remains unanswered, her father, John Ramsey, has a theory about his daughter’s killer and their possible connection to another cold case. John, 81, recently ...
The Masoretic Text's version of Levi's genealogy thus implies (and in Numbers 26:59, explicitly states) that Levi also had a daughter (Jochebed), and the Septuagint implies further daughters. The names of Levi's sons, and possible daughter, are interpreted in classical rabbinical literature as being reflections on their future destiny. [14]
He is adopted by Bithia, daughter of Pharaoh Seti I. Jochebed, wife of Amram, is the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Joshua is a Hebrew slave and a stonecutter. Before dying, Moses chooses Joshua to lead the Hebrews into The Promised Land. Miriam is Moses' sister, helped Jochebed hide the baby Moses in a basket when the Pharaoh sought to ...