Kehath
According to the
Onomastics
According to biblical scholars, the meaning of Kehath's name is unknown, though it may derive from an Aramaic word meaning obey.[4]
In the
Genealogy
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 otherwise described unambiguously as his daughter in the Book of Numbers 26:59. According to Numbers, Kehath gained 8,600 descendants during the lifetime of his grandson. However these names were prominent clans, and not always direct linear descendants as expected in western genealogies.
Theories
Family tree
According to the Book of Genesis and the Book of Exodus Kohath's family tree looks like this:
| Levi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gershon | Merari | Kehath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jochebed | Amram | Izhar | Hebron | Uzziel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miriam | Aaron | Moses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
Notes and citations
- ^ Numbers 3:17
- ^ Jubilees 34:20
- ^ Testament of Levi 11
- ^ Cheyne and Black, Encyclopaedia Biblica
- ^ Testament of Levi, 3:52 in Rutherford H. Platt Jr. edition (1926) [1]
- ^ Testament of Levi. The quote "beginning of majesty and instruction" is from chapter 3, verse 53 according to the numbering in Rutherford Platt's translation (1926) [2]. It is numbered as XI, 7 (page 50) in the edition by R. H. Charles (1908) [3]
- ^ Exodus 6:16–20
- ^ Exodus 6:16-20, LXX
- ^ New American Bible, footnote to Exodus 6:20
- ^ Richard Elliott Friedman, Who Wrote The Bible?.