1 Chronicles 7:14

Ashriel Concubine the Aramitess Gilead Machir Manasseh

¹² The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

¹³ The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum —the descendants of Bilhah.

The descendants of Manasseh: Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.

¹⁵ Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

¹⁶ Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The descendants of Manasseh: Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.
KJV: The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ( but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
WEB: The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead.
ASV: The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead:
DARBY: The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom she bore; his Syrian concubine bore Machir the father of Gilead.
BLB: The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead.

ÅB: Manasses sønner var Asriel, som stammet fra hans syriske medhustru; hun fødte Makir, far til Gilead.
OTB: Manasses sønner var:
Asriel, som hans arameiske medhustru fødte;
hun fødte Makir, far til Gilead.
B1930: Manasses sønner var Asriel, som stammet fra hans syriske medhustru; hun fødte Makir, far til Gilead.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Joshua 17:1–3
Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
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Deuteronomy 3:13–15
To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
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Numbers 32:30–42
But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”
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Joshua 13:31
half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.
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Numbers 26:29–34
These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
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Numbers 27:1
Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
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Judges 5:14
Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
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Genesis 50:23
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
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