Passage
Exodus 6.20
Book: Exodus · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
Immediate context (±2 verses)
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ASV
18. And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. 19. And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites 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 a hundred and thirty and seven years.
- And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22. And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. (Exodus 6:18-22, ASV)
WEB
18. The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years. 19. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
20. 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.
- The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22. The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. (Exodus 6:18-22, WEB)
KJV
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.
- And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22. And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. (Exodus 6:18-22, KJV)
YLT
18. And the sons of Kohath [are] Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath [are] a hundred and thirty and three years. 19. And the sons of Merari [are] Mahli and Mushi: these [are] families of Levi, as to their births.
20. 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.
- And sons of Izhar [are] Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22. And sons of Uzziel [are] Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. (Exodus 6:18-22, YLT)
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Setting
- Speaker: the narrator of Exodus
- Audience: Israel
- Location: Egypt
- Time period: the exodus generation; the date is disputed between a fifteenth- and a thirteenth-century BC exodus
Theological reading
Amram took Jochebed his father's sister as his wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses.
The genealogy records that Moses's parents were nephew and aunt, a union that Leviticus 18:12 and 20:19 would later prohibit.
The chronological point is the same one that answers the Cain's-wife objection: the Mosaic prohibitions postdate the events they are being used to judge, and the narrative reports the arrangement without comment because the legislation forbidding it had not been given. See Cains Wife Objection Defeater for the general form of the argument.
There is a further wrinkle worth stating. The Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch read Jochebed as Amram's cousin rather than his aunt, which is a genuine textual variant and which some have read as an early smoothing. Reporting the variant is better than resting the whole answer on a reading that is contested.
Key words
Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.
- H2416 - chay, chay, Strong's H2416
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Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.