Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 26:59
And the name of Amram’s wife [was] Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom [her mother] bore to Levi in Egypt: and she bore unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
59, 60. The Kohathites receive more detailed treatment; it was the most important of the families, because Moses and Aaron belonged to it.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
whom her mother bare – literally, whom she bare; the subject is wanting, and the verb is in the feminine gender. The words her mother are merely conjectural. The text is probably imperfect.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Her mother, to wit, Levis wife, which must necessarily be understood.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on Nu 26:57]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(59) Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi . . . Or, who was born to Levi, &c. There is a similar omission of the subject of the verb in 1Ki. 1:6. Some writers have supposed that Jochebed was the granddaughter, or possibly even some more remote descendant of Levi, and that Amram, the father of Moses, was not the same as Amram, the son of Kohath. (See Keil, On the Pentateuch, i. 469-471; but for a defence of the view which has been more commonly adopted, see Birks Exodus of Israel, pp. 153-199.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
59. Jochebed Fully discussed in Exo 6:20, note.
Whom bare to Levi There is an omission of the subject in the Hebrew. The implication is, that Levi’s lawful wife was not the mother of Jochebed. “It cannot be Levi’s wife, as Jarshi, Aben Ezra, and others suppose; for Jochebed, the mother of Moses, was not a daughter of Levi in the strict sense of the word, but only a descendant who lived about three hundred years after Levi; just as Amram, her husband, was not actually the son of the Amram mentioned Exo 6:18, but a later descendant.” Keil.
Miriam Probably the sister who watched the ark of bulrushes amid the flags of the Nile. Exo 2:4.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Num 26:59. Whom her mother bare to Levi Who bare to Levi. Perizon. 361. See Houbigant’s note on the place.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Jochebed. Compare Exo 2:1 with Exo 6:20.
bare to Levi in Egypt. This explains apparent discrepancy between her age and that of Amram. See App-60.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Exo 2:1, Exo 2:2, Exo 6:20, Lev 18:12
Reciprocal: Exo 2:4 – General Exo 2:7 – General Exo 15:20 – sister Num 20:1 – Miriam 1Ch 23:13 – The sons