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Numbers 32:41

JairManassehEast Manasseh (Half-Tribe)Havvoth-jair

39 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.

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

42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

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BSB
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
KJV
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
WEB
Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.
ASV
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.
DARBY
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took their hamlets, and called them Havoth-Jair.
BLB
And Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their tent villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
ÅB
Og Ja'ir, Manasses sønn, dro avsted og inntok deres[^2] landsbyer; og han kalte dem Ja'irs byer.
OTB
Jair, en etterkommer av Manasse, erobret deres bosetninger og kalte dem Havvot-Jair.
B1930
Og Ja'ir, Manasses sønn, drog avsted og inntok deres landsbyer; og han kalte dem Ja'irs byer. / < amorittenes.>

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  • Deuteronomy 3:14

    Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.

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  • Judges 10:4

    And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

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  • Joshua 13:30

    And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

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  • 1 Kings 4:13

    The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

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  • 1 Chronicles 2:21–23

    And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

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