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Numbers 26:29

GileadMachirManasseh

27 These were the clans of Zebulun, and their registration numbered 60,500.

28 The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim.

These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

30 These were the descendants of Gilead: the Iezerite clan from Iezer, the Helekite clan from Helek,

31 the Asrielite clan from Asriel, the Shechemite clan from Shechem,

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BSB
These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
KJV
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
WEB
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
ASV
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
DARBY
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites (and Machir begot Gilead); of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
BLB
The sons of Manasseh: Of Machir, the clan of the Machirite; and Machir begat Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadite.
ÅB
Manasses barn var: Fra Makir makirittenes slekt, og Makir var far til Gilead, fra Gilead gileadittenes slekt.
OTB
Etterkommerne av Manasse: fra Makir, makirittenes familie; Makir var far til Gilead: fra Gilead, gileadittenes familie.
B1930
Manasses barn var: Fra Makir makirittenes ætt, og Makir var far til Gilead, fra Gilead gileadittenes ætt.

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  • Joshua 17:1

    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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  • 1 Chronicles 7:14–19

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

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  • Numbers 36:1

    Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,

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  • Numbers 32:39–40

    The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

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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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  • Deuteronomy 3:15

    To Machir I gave Gilead,

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  • Genesis 48:14

    But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

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