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Numbers 32:39

MachirManassehEast Manasseh (Half-Tribe)Gilead

37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-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

    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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  • Numbers 26:29

    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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  • Joshua 17:1

    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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