THEOSISNumbers 26:29Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Of Manasses was born Machir, of whom is the family of the Machirites. Machir begot Galaad, of whom is the family of the Galaadites.
בְּנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה לְמָכִיר֙ מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת הַמָּכִירִ֔י וּמָכִ֖יר הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־גִּלְעָ֑ד לְגִלְעָ֕ד מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַגִּלְעָדִֽי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Josh 17:1And this lot fell to the tribe of Manasses for he is the firstborn of Joseph to Machir the firstborn of Manasses the father of Galaad, who was a warlike man, and had for possession Galaad and Basan.
- Num 36:1And the princes of the families of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasses, of the stock of the children of Joseph, came and spoke to Moses before the princes of Israel, and said:
- 1 Chr 7:14And the son of Manasses, Ezriel: and his concubine the Syrian bore Machir the father of Galaad.
- 1 Chr 7:19And the sons of Semida were Ahiu, and Sechem, and Leci and Aniam.
- Deut 3:15To Machir also I gave Galaad.
- Num 32:39Moreover the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it, cutting off the Amorrhites, the inhabitants thereof.
- Num 32:40And Moses gave the land of Galaad to Machir the son of Manasses, and he dwelt in it.
- Gen 48:14But he, stretching forth his right hand, put it upon the head of Ephraim, the younger brother; and the left upon the head of Manasses, who was the elder, changing his hands.