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.

Of the sons {H1121} of Manasseh {H4519}: of Machir {H4353}, the family {H4940} of the Machirites {H4354}: and Machir {H4353} begat {H3205} Gilead {H1568}: of Gilead {H1568} come the family {H4940} of the Gileadites {H1569}.

The descendants of M'nasheh were: of Makhir, the family of the Makhiri. Makhir was the father of Gil'ad; of Gil'ad, the family of the Gil'adi.

These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 17:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Numbers 36:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

  • 1 Chronicles 7:14 (3 votes)

    The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ([but] his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

  • 1 Chronicles 7:19 (3 votes)

    And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

  • Deuteronomy 3:15 (2 votes)

    And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

  • Numbers 32:39 (2 votes)

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

  • Numbers 32:40 (2 votes)

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