Amram

AI summary: Amram matters because the cross references place him at the family origin of three of the most important figures in the Exodus story. His significance is genealogical rather than dramatic, yet that genealogy carries enormous weight because Moses, Aaron, and Miriam together shape deliverance, priesthood, and prophetic leadership. Later Levitical records preserve his name through the Amramite line. Taken together, the material presents Amram as a foundational ancestor whose household becomes central to Israel's liberation and worship.¹

The son of Kohath, the son of Levi. He married Jochebed, “his father’s sister,” and was the father of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (Ex. 6:18, 20; Num. 3:19). He died in Egypt at the age of 137 years (Ex. 6:20). His descendants were called Amramites (Num. 3:27; 1 Chr. 26:23). ³