Deuteronomy 3:14
12 So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
13 To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
15 To Machir I gave Gilead,
16 and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.
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- BSB
- Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.)
- ASV
- Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.)
- DARBY
- Jair the son of Manasseh took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and called Bashan after his own name, Havoth-Jair, to this day.)
- BLB
- Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurite and the Maachathite, and called them after his own name, Bashan Havvoth-jair, to this day.
- ÅB
- Ja'ir, Manasses sønn, inntok hele Argob-landet like til gesurittenes og ma'akatittenes landemerker, og dette land - Basan-landet - kalte han etter sitt eget navn Ja'irs byer, og så har det hett til denne dag.
- OTB
- Jair, en etterkommer av Manasse, tok hele Argob-området så langt som grensen til gesjurittene og maakatittene; det ble oppkalt etter ham, slik at Basan til denne dag kalles Havvot-Jair.
- B1930
- Ja'ir, Manasses sønn, inntok hele Argob-landet like til gesurittenes og ma'akatittenes landemerker, og dette land - Basan-landet - kalte han efter sitt eget navn Ja'irs byer, og så har det hett til denne dag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 32:41
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
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Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
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