Joshua 17:1
Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
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.
This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the firstborn
- Genesis 41:51; Genesis 46:20; Genesis 48:18; Deuteronomy 21:17
- Machir
- Genesis 50:23; Numbers 26:29; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 32:39, 40; Judges 5:14; 1 Chronicles 2:23; 1 Chronicles 7:14, 15
- Gilead
- Numbers 26:29; Numbers 32:33, 40; Deuteronomy 3:13–15