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Numbers 32:39

MachirManassehEast Manasseh (Half-Tribe)Gilead

37 The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

38 as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.

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

40 So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

41 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

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BSB
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
KJV
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
WEB
The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
ASV
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
DARBY
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and they dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
BLB
And the sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite who [were] in it.
ÅB
Og Makirs, Manasses sønns barn dro til Gilead og inntok det og drev amorittene, som bodde der, bort.
OTB
Etterkommerne av Makir, sønn av Manasse, dro til Gilead, erobret det, og drev ut amorittene som var der.
B1930
Og Makirs, Manasses sønns barn drog til Gilead og inntok det og drev amorittene, som bodde der, bort.

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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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  • Numbers 26:29

    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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  • 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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