Bible Verses About The Tribes of Israel: Each family of, had a chief or head

Then the chiefe fathers of the familie of the sonnes of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, of the families of the sones of Ioseph, came, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chiefe fathers of the children of Israel,

These were famous princes in their families, and increased greatly their fathers houses.