Misinterpretations often arise from taking this verse out of its ancient Near Eastern context, wrongly assuming the marriage of Amram to his aunt Jochebed endorses incest today, whereas such unions were culturally acceptable before Mosaic law to maintain family lines, and Leviticus later prohibits them; skeptics also distort the genealogy's timelines to claim impossibly rapid generations, overlooking that Moses was born near the end of the 430-year Egyptian sojourn, making the ages consistent.
Exodus 6:20
King James Version (1769)
20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
This passage establishes the direct parentage of Aaron and Moses, key figures in Israel's deliverance, as Amram and Jochebed from the tribe of Levi, emphasizing their sacred lineage through Levi's son Kohath and highlighting Amram's longevity of 137 years within the context of God's covenant renewal and promise to redeem His people from Egypt.