The sonsof Machirthe sonof Manassehwentto Gileadand tookit, and dispossessedthe Amoriteswhowere in it.
Josephsawthe thirdgeneration of Ephraim'ssons;alsothe sonsof Machir,the sonof Manasseh,were bornon Joseph'sknees.
Then they cameto Gileadand to the landof Tahtim-hodshi,and they cameto Dan-jaanand aroundto Sidon,
The sonsof Manasseh:of Machir,the familyof the Machirites;and Machirbecamethe fatherof Gilead:of Gilead,the familyof the Gileadites.
"To MachirI gaveGilead.
Now [this] was the lotfor the tribeof Manasseh,for he was the firstbornof Joseph.To Machirthe firstbornof Manasseh,the fatherof Gilead,were allottedGileadand Bashan,becausehe was a manof war.
They afflictedand crushedthe sonsof Israelthat year;for eighteenyearsthey [afflicted] allthe sonsof Israelwhowere beyondthe Jordanin Gileadin the landof the Amorites.
"From Ephraimthose whose rootis in Amalek[came down], Followingyou, Benjamin,with your peoples;From Machircommanderscamedown,And from Zebulunthose who wieldthe staffof office.
