Joshua 17:1 - The Scriptures 1998 And the lot for the tribe of Menashsheh, for he was the first-born of Yosĕ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition ALLOTMENT WAS made for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan because he was a man of war. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Land was determined by lot for the tribe of Manasseh, who was actually Joseph’s oldest son. Gilead and Bashan belonged to Machir, who was Manasseh’s oldest son and Gilead’s father. This was because he was a warrior. Catholic Public Domain Version Now this lot fell to the tribe of Manasseh, since he is the firstborn of Joseph: to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, who was a fighting man, and he had as a possession Gilead and Bashan; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And 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. |
And the name of the second he called Ephrayim, “For Elohim has caused me to bear fruit in the land of my affliction.”
And he took from them Geshur and Aram, with the towns of Ya’ir, with Qenath and its towns, sixty towns. All these belonged to the sons of Maḵ
Thus said the Master יהוה, “This is the border by which you inherit the land, according to the twelve tribes of Yisra’ĕ
“And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, Menashsheh: one.
“But he is to acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the first-born by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength – the right of the first-born is his.
And for the rest of the children of Menashsheh for their clans there was: for the children of Aḇ
And to half the tribe of Menashsheh Mosheh had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half of it Yehoshua gave land among their brothers beyond the Yardĕ