Joshua 17:1 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ For the daughters of Manasses possessed inheritance in the midst of his sons. And the land of Galaad fell to the lot of the rest of the children of Manasses.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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

¹ 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)

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ 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.

Joshua 17:1 Cross References

Genesis 41:51

2 And he named the second Epharaim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.

Genesis 41:52

3 Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:

Genesis 46:20

1 The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Bechor and Asbel and Gera and Naaman and Echi and Ros and Mophim and Ophim and Ared.

Genesis 48:17

8 And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father: for this is the first- born, put thy right hand upon his head.

Genesis 48:18

9 But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become peoples, and shall be multiplied: but this younger brother shall be greater than he: and his seed shall grow into nations.

Genesis 50:23

5 And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, Carry my bones with you out of this place:

2 Samuel 2:9

4 And Abner said to Joab: Let the young men rise, and play before us. And Joab answered: Let them rise.

1 Chronicles 2:23

8 And Onam had sons Semei, and Jada. And the sons of Semei: Nadab, and Abisur.

Ezekiel 47:13

1 And you shall divide this land unto you by the tribes of Israel:

Ezekiel 48:4

2 And for them shall be the firstfruits of the firstfruits of the land holy of holies, by the border of the Levites.

Numbers 26:29

4 These are the families of Manasses, and the number of them fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

Numbers 27:1

The daughters of Salphaad demand a just thing : Give them a possession among their father's kindred, and let them succeed him in his inheritance.

Numbers 32:33

8 And Nabo, and Baalmeon (their names being changed) and Sabama: giving names to the cities which they had built.

Deuteronomy 21:17

2 When a man hath committed a crime for which he is to be punished with death, and being condemned to die is hanged on a gibbet:

Joshua 17:2

And the border of Manasses was from Aser, Machmethath which looketh towards Sichem: and it goeth out on the right hand by the inhabitants of the fountain of Taphua.

Joshua 22:7

2 They all assembled in Silo, to go up and fight against them.

Judges 5:14

9 The kings came and fought, the kings of Chanaan fought in Thanach by the waters of Mageddo, and yet they took no spoils.