Numbers 26:29

Good News Translation

The tribe of Manasseh. Machir son of Manasseh was the father of Gilead, and the following clans traced their ancestry to Gilead:

Cross References

Genesis 48:14

But Jacob crossed his hands, and put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, even though he was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, who was the older.

Genesis 50:23

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

1 Chronicles 2:21

When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Machir's daughter, the sister of Gilead. They had a son named Segub,

Numbers 36:1

The heads of the families in the clan of Gilead, the son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh son of Joseph, went to Moses and the other leaders.

Deuteronomy 3:15

“I assigned Gilead to the clan of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh.

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.

Judges 5:14

They came from Ephraim into the valley, behind the tribe of Benjamin and its people. The commanders came down from Machir, the officers down from Zebulun.