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1 Chronicles 7:14

AshrielConcubine the AramitessGileadMachirManasseh

12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.

13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ( but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

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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.

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  • Joshua 17:1–3

    There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:13–15

    And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

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  • Numbers 32:30–42

    But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

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  • Joshua 13:31

    And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

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  • Numbers 26:29–34

    Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

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  • Numbers 27:1

    Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

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  • Judges 5:14

    Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

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  • Genesis 50:23

    And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.

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