The plain verse says only that Amram married Jokeved, fathered Aharon and Moses, and lived a hundred and thirty-seven years (Exodus 6:20). Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Exodus 6:20 adds a stunning detail: Amram lived long enough to see the children of Rechabia bar Gershom bar Moses.

Count the generations. Amram fathered Moses. Moses fathered Gershom. Gershom fathered Rechabia. Rechabia had children. That is four generations below Amram — his great-great-grandchildren. The meturgeman is painting a portrait of a saintly patriarch whose arms had held not only the infant prophet, but the prophet's grandson's grandson.

Jewish tradition calls Amram one of the four people who died untainted by personal sin, pure enough that his death was caused only by the decree of Eden rather than any fault of his own. The Targum extends that purity into time itself: God rewards the righteous with vision across centuries. Amram's eyes closed on a family tree whose branches were already reaching toward the future tribes of Judges.

The takeaway: Jewish patience is a grandparent's patience. What you begin with holiness, you may not finish — but your children's children's children will.