Family Tree
Jochebed's position in the family tree of Gershon is uncertain. Some manuscripts of the Septuagint version of the Torah state that Jochebed was Kohath's cousin, but the Masoretic Text states that she was Kohath's sister—Amram's aunt—although Jochebed's relationship to Levi is not explicitly stated.
Thus, according to the Septuagint, Gershon's family tree would be as follows:
| Levi | (unnamed) | (unnamed) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gershon | Kohath | Merari | Jochebed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amram | Izhar | Hebron | Uzziel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miriam | Aaron | Moses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
while according to the masoretic text, Gershon's family tree would be as follows:
| Levi | (unnamed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gershon | Kohath | Merari | Jochebed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Libni | Shimei | Amram | Izhar | Hebron | Uzziel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miriam | Aaron | Moses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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