Jochebed — Bible person

Jehovah is her glory, the wife of Amram, and the mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses (Num. 26:59). She is spoken of as the sister of Kohath, Amram’s father (Ex. 6:20; comp. 16, 18; 2:1-10).

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Show passage in OET: EXO 2:1-3

OET-RV EXO 2:1

2 During this period, a man from the tribe of Levi married a woman who was also a Levite,

OET-RV EXO 2:2

2 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy boy, she hid him away for three months,

OET-RV EXO 2:3

3 but then she wasn’t able to hide him any longer. So she got a basket made from woven reeds and plastered it with bitumen and pitch. Then she put the baby in it, and floated the basket in the reeds along the riverbank,

OET-LV EXO 2:1

2 And_ a _man of_the _house _of Lēvī _he/it _went and_he/it _took DOM the _daughter _of Lēvī.

OET-LV EXO 2:2

2 And_ the_woman _she/it _conceived/became _pregnant and_she/it _gave _birth a _son and_she/it _saw DOM_him/it if/because _that was_good he and_she_hid _him three months.

OET-LV EXO 2:3

3 And_not she _was _able still to_hide _him and_she _took to_him/it a _basket _of papyrus and_she_sealed _it with_bitumen and_with_pitch and_she _put in_it DOM the_child and_she _put_it among_rush[es] at the _bank _of the _River.

Show passage in OET: EXO 6:20

OET-RV EXO 6:20

20 Amram married his aunt Yokeved, and she gave birth to Aharon (Aaron) and Mosheh (Moses). Amram lived to be 137 years old.

OET-LV EXO 6:20

20 And_ ˊAmrām _he/it _took DOM Yōkeⱱed/(Jochebed) sister _of_his _father’s to_him/it to/for_(a)_woman and_she/it _gave _birth to_him/it DOM ʼAhₐron and_DOM Mosheh and_the _years _of the _life _of ˊAmrām were_seven and_thirty and_one _hundred year[s].

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Show passage in OET: EXO 6:20

OET-RV EXO 6:20

20 Amram married his aunt Yokeved, and she gave birth to Aharon (Aaron) and Mosheh (Moses). Amram lived to be 137 years old.

OET-LV EXO 6:20

Show passage in OET: NUM 26:59

OET-RV NUM 26:59

59 whose wife was Levi’s daughter Yokeved who’d been born in Mitsrayim (Egypt). They had two sons Aharon (Aaron) and Mosheh (Moses), and their older sister Miryam (Miriam).

OET-LV NUM 26:59

59 And_name _of the _wife _of ˊAmrām was_Yōkeⱱed/(Jochebed) the _daughter _of Lēvī whom someone _bore DOM_her/it to_Lēvī in_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_she/it _gave _birth to_ˊAmrām DOM ʼAhₐron and_DOM Mosheh and_DOM Miryām sister _of_their.

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