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Numbers 32:42

NobahEast Manasseh (Half-Tribe)KenathNobah

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.

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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BSB
And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
KJV
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
WEB
Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
ASV
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
DARBY
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its dependent villages, and called it Nobah, after his name.
BLB
And Nobah went and took Kenath and its daughter-villages, and he called it Nobah after his own name.
ÅB
Og Nobah dro avsted og inntok Kenat med tilhørende småbyer; og han kalte det Nobah etter sitt eget navn.
[^1]: nemlig hans etterkommere.
[^2]: amorittenes.
OTB
Noba dro og erobret Kenat og de omkringliggende landsbyene, og kalte det Noba etter seg selv.
B1930
Og Nobah drog avsted og inntok Kenat med tilhørende småbyer; og han kalte det Nobah efter sitt eget navn.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 49:11

    Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

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  • 2 Samuel 18:18

    Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

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