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1 | who was moses mother and dad | Num 26:59 | jonp | 184508 | ||
Hi Clearly Jochebed could not have been both the direct daughter of Levi and the direct mother of Moses. If she was then her age would have been around 400 years which would have been a little old for childbearing. And Amram died at 137. You can put SHE BORE in capital letters but it does not alter the fact that the Hebrew can indicate that she bore him through her descendants. I could put WHO WAS BORN TO LEVI in capital letters but again it would not alter the fact that the Hebrew can mean 'born to him through his descendants'. So we have to accept that we are not sure which it is. It is much the best not to be dogmatic about such things. This is made more complicated by the fact that in 1 Chronicles 6.1-2 we are told that the son of Levi was Kohath, and the son of Kohath was Amram, and the son of Amram was Moses. Again it is clear that this is unlikely to be the whole family tree covering 400 years. The normal way of seeing this would be that Levi was the patriarchal head, Kohath was the sub-tribal ancestor, and Amram the clan ancestor which would mean that he was the 'father' of Moses as his ancestor. Compare similarly 1 Chronicles 23.12-13. Recognising this is important if we are to reconcile the different genealogies. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
2 | who was moses mother and dad | Num 26:59 | srbaegon | 184546 | ||
Hello Jonp, Why can we not assume there were two people named Jochebed? There is no reason to go to such lengths to deny the literal statements. Steve |
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3 | who was moses mother and dad | Num 26:59 | jonp | 184553 | ||
Hi Steve, You will note that what I have done is put up possibilities, and explained the Hebrew. I have been very careful not to be dogmatic. But I must point out that 'the literal statements' are in Hebrew and that we must therefore ask ourselves how the people of Israel would have interpreted them, for the Scriptures were initially addressed to them. And there is no doubt that the people of Israel used 'bore' and 'begat' in a much wider sense than we do today, (as indeed did all the nations round about). It is of course possible that there were two Amrams, each of whom was married to a Jochebed. I have no quarrel with that as a possibility. And it widens the options. Thank you for mentioning it. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||