The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
Parallel translations
- WEB The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead.
- BSB The descendants of Manasseh: Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.
- NKJV The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel.
- NASB The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, to whom his Aramean concubine gave birth; she also gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead.
- NLT The descendants of Manasseh through his Aramean concubine included Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead.
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Manasseh's line is introduced through Asriel and Machir, the father of Gilead, born by an Aramean concubine.
Overview
The record of Manasseh, son of Joseph, begins with Machir, whose descendants settled in Gilead east of the Jordan. The note about the Aramean concubine reflects the mixed family circumstances of the patriarchs without endorsing them. Even through such ordinary and imperfect human histories, God advanced the line and inheritance of His people.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 17:1–3There 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.
- Josh 13:31And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
- Num 32:30–42But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
- Deut 3:13–15And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
- Num 26:29–34Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
- Judg 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.
- Gen 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
- Num 27:1Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
- 1 Chr 2:21–23And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
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