He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation; the sons of Manasseh’s son Machir were recognised by , Joseph.
Numbers 32:39 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. American Standard Version (1901) And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein. Common English Bible The descendants of Machir, Manasseh’s son, went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. Catholic Public Domain Version Moreover, the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, continued on within Gilead, and they devastated it, putting to death its inhabitant, the Amorite. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moreover the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it, cutting off the Amorrhites, the inhabitants thereof. |
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation; the sons of Manasseh’s son Machir were recognised by , Joseph.
They went to Gilead and to the land of the Hittites and continued on to Dan-jaan and round to Sidon.
Manasseh’s descendants: the Machirite clan from Machir. Machir fathered Gilead; the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
This was the land allotted for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn. Gilead and Bashan were given to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh and the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war.
They shattered and crushed the Israelites that year, and for eighteen years they did the same to all the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites in Gilead.
Those with their roots in Amalek came from Ephraim; Benjamin came with your people after you. The leaders came down from Machir, and those who carry a recruiter’s staff came from Zebulun.