KJV King James Version
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead [come] the family of the Gileadites.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
WEB World English Bible
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
ASV American Standard Version
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Sons of Manasseh: of Machir is the family of the Machirite; and Machir hath begotten Gilead; of Gilead is the family of the Gileadite.
Surrounding context — Numbers 26
26 [Of] the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
27 These [are] the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
28 The sons of Joseph after their families [were] Manasseh and Ephraim.
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.
30 These [are] the sons of Gilead: [of] Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
31 And [of] Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and [of] Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
32 And [of] Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and [of] Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
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בְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childמְנַשֶּׁ֗הH4519 · me.nash.shehManassehלְמָכִיר֙H4353 · ma.khirMachirמִשְׁפַּ֣חַתH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַמָּכִירִ֔יH4354 · ma.khi.riMachiriteוּמָכִ֖ירH4353 · ma.khirMachirהוֹלִ֣ידH3205 · ya.ladto begetאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גִּלְעָ֑דH1568 · gil.adGileadלְגִלְעָ֕דH1568 · gil.adGileadמִשְׁפַּ֖חַתH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַגִּלְעָדִֽי׃H1569 · gil.a.diGileadite
Cross-references
Joshua 17:1There 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.1 Chronicles 7:14-19The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ([but] his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:Numbers 36:1And 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:Numbers 32:39-40And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which [was] in it.Genesis 48:14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] upon Ephraim’s head, who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn.Deuteronomy 3:15And I gave Gilead unto Machir.Judges 5:14Out of Ephraim [was there] a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
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