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Amminadab, the ancestor of David ( Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo ) A close-up on Amminadab from the Sistine Chapel fresco Amminadab ( Name 1 ) was a minor character in the Book of Genesis .1According to the genealogies of Genesis and Jesus' genealogy , he was born of Ram (also known as Aram) during the Israelite exile in Ancient Egypt . He was also the father of Nahshon , chief of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 1:7; 2:3; 7:12, 17; 10:14). His daughter Elisheva was Aaron 's wife ( Exodus 6:23), making him Aaron's father-in-law . In Bloodline of the Holy Grail , revisionist historian Laurence Gardner proposes Amminadab to be Akhenaten , allegedly the historical basis for Moses . According to Gardner's speculation, when Thutmose IV died, his son Amenhotep III married his sister Sitamun . Once he had secured his pharonic throne, he also married Tiye , the daughter of Chief Minister Yuya , who many believe to be the biblical patriarch Joseph , son of Jacob . Because the Israelites were gaining too much power in Egypt and because Yuya, a foreigner, had been governor for so long, it was decided that no children of Tiye would be allowed inherit the throne of Egypt, but instead should be killed at birth. Tiye's family lived in the Land of Goshen , so she went to have her baby at Zarw , her summer palace. Her son was put in a reed basket to float downstream to the house of Yuya's half-brother Levi .2
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Amminadab, the ancestor of David ( Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo ) A close-up on Amminadab from the Sistine Chapel fresco Amminadab ( Name 1 ) was a minor character in the Book of Genesis .
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Amminadab, the ancestor of David ( Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo ) A close-up on Amminadab from the Sistine Chapel fresco Amminadab ( Name 1 ) is a minor character referred to in the Book of Genesis and the Gospel according to Matthew .
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Minor biblical figure For the person mentioned in the Book of Mormon, see Aminadab . Amminadab, the ancestor of David ( Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo ) A close-up on Amminadab from the Sistine Chapel fresco Amminadab ( Name 1 ) is a minor character referred to in the Book of Exodus . He is the father-in-law of High Priest Aaron , brother of Moses .Amminadab is also mentioned in the Book of Ruth (and also in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke ) as the father of Nahshon , ancestor of King David and therefore the ancestor of Jesus .The same name is mentioned in the Book of Samuel .This Amminadab was an Israelite mentioned in the lineage of Jacob 's sons, Exodus 6:14-28.Mathew 1:1-16 shows a full record of ancestors and descendants.He likely served in the tabernacle.He was one of 112 Levites who received the great honor of bringing the Ark of the Covenant , back to Jerusalem from the Philistines .
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Minor biblical figure For the person mentioned in the Book of Mormon, see Aminadab . Amminadab ( Name 1 ) is a minor character referred to in the Book of Exodus . He is the father-in-law of High Priest Aaron , brother of Moses . Amminadab is also mentioned in the Book of Ruth (and also in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke ) as the father of Nahshon , ancestor of King David and therefore the ancestor of Jesus . This Amminadab was an Israelite mentioned in the lineage of Jacob 's sons, Exodus 6:14-28. Mathew 1:1-16 shows a full record of ancestors and descendants. The same name is mentioned in the Book of Samuel and 1 Chronicles .That man likely served in the tabernacle.He was one of 112 Levite descendants of Uzziel who received the great honor of bringing the Ark of the Covenant , back to Jerusalem from the Philistines .
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minor character in the book of genesis
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