1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Exodus 2:1 | After this there went a man of the house of Levi; *and took a wife of his own kindred. Exodus 6:20. | After this. In process of time, without reference to what immediately precedes. The Hebrew and Septuagint omit these words. (Haydock) --- The marriage of Amram, grandson of Levi, with his aunt or cousin, had taken place before the persecution. Tostat and others suppose, that people were not then forbidden to marry their aunts. But it is probable Jochabed was only the grand-daughter of Levi, and the daughter of one of Amram's brothers, as the Septuagint insinuate. Otherwise their ages would have been very disproportionate. See Exodus 6:20. (Calmet) |