1. Exode 2:1 (NEG79)
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Who were the parents and siblings of Moses?

Exode 2:1 (NEG79)

1 Un homme de la maison de Lévi avait pris pour femme une fille de Lévi.

Remarkable is that no names are mentioned in Exodus 2:1–10, except Moses (see Exodus 2:10). It seems that the author wants to stress the facts, and not distract our attention with the names. God gives a new start to the people by keeping them anonymous.

In Exodus 6:1–30 we learn the names: Amram and Jochebed. We know the names from three children of them: Moses’ sister, Miriam, a prophetess (Exodus 15:20), and his brother Aaron, his companion when they went to Pharaoh and the later high priest.