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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]
In addition to being married to Jochebed, Amram is also described in the Bible as having been related to Jochebed prior to the marriage, although the exact relationship is uncertain; some Greek and Latin manuscripts of the Septuagint state that Jochebed was Amram's father's cousin, and others state that Amram was Jochebed's cousin, [2] but the Masoretic Text states that she was his father's ...
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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.
At this time Moses was born to his father Amram, son (or descendant) of Kehath the Levite, who entered Egypt with Jacob's household; his mother was Jochebed (also Yocheved), who was kin to Kehath. Moses had one older (by seven years) sister, Miriam, and one older (by three years) brother, Aaron. [41]
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-sister Tamar. Tamar's brother, Absalom, learned of the incident and, two years later, ordered his servants to have Amnon ...
Moses (bishop of the Arabs) (c. 389), saint, first Arab bishop of the Arab people Moses the Black (330–405), saint, ascetic monk and priest in Egypt, a Desert Father; Moses of Chorene (5th century; Armenian: Մովսես Խորենացի, Movsēs Xorenac'i), Armenian historian, "father of Armenian history"
Jochebed's position in the family tree of Gershon is uncertain.Some manuscripts of the Septuagint version of the Torah state that Jochebed was Kohath's cousin, [8] but the Masoretic Text states that she was Kohath's sister [9] —Amram's aunt—although Jochebed's relationship to Levi is not explicitly stated.