Genesis 50:23

Good News Translation

He lived to see Ephraim's children and grandchildren. He also lived to receive the children of Machir son of Manasseh into the family.

Cross References

Genesis 30:3

She said, “Here is my slave Bilhah; sleep with her, so that she can have a child for me. In this way I can become a mother through her.”

Genesis 48:19

His father refused, saying, “I know, son, I know. Manasseh's descendants will also become a great people. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become great nations.”

Genesis 49:12

His eyes are bloodshot from drinking wine, His teeth white from drinking milk.

Genesis 50:22

Joseph continued to live in Egypt with his father's family; he was a hundred and ten years old when he died.

1 Chronicles 7:14

By his Aramean concubine, Manasseh had two sons, Asriel and Machir. Machir was the father of Gilead.

Job 42:16

Job lived a hundred and forty years after this, long enough to see his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Psalm 128:6

May you live to see your grandchildren! Peace be with Israel!

Proverbs 17:6

Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.

Numbers 32:33

So Moses assigned to the tribes of Gad and Reuben and to half the tribe of Manasseh all the territory of King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan, including the towns and the country around them.

Numbers 32:39

The clan of Machir son of Manasseh invaded the land of Gilead, occupied it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

Joshua 17:1

A part of the land west of the Jordan was assigned to some of the families descended from Joseph's older son Manasseh. Machir, the father of Gilead, was Manasseh's oldest son and a military hero, so Gilead and Bashan, east of the Jordan, were assigned to him.