Numbers 32:41 - Easy To Read Version Jair, from the family of Manasseh, defeated the small towns there. Then he called them Towns of Jair. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jair son of Manasseh took their villages and called them Havvoth-jair. American Standard Version (1901) And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair. Common English Bible Manasseh’s son Jair went and captured their villages and named them Havvoth-jair. Catholic Public Domain Version But Jair, the son of Manasseh, went out and occupied its villages, which he called Havoth Jair, that is, the Villages of Jair. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jair the son of Manasses went, and took the villages thereof: and he called them Havoth Jair, that is to say, the villages of Jair. |
Ben Geber was governor of Ramoth Gilead. He was governor of all the towns and villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead. He was also governor of the district of Argob in Bashan. In this area there were 60 cities with big walls around them. These cities also had bronze bars on the gates.
Jair, from the family group of Manasseh, took the whole area of Argob (Bashan). That area went all the way to the border of the Geshurite people and the Maacathite people. That area was named for Jair. So even today, people call Bashan the Towns of Jair.)}
The land started at Mahanaim. The land included all of Bashan, all the land ruled by Og, king of Bashan, all the towns of Jair in Bashan. (In all, there were 60 cities.)
Jair had 30 sons. Those 30 sons rode 30 donkeys. [92] Those 30 sons controlled 30 towns in the area of Gilead. Those towns are called the Towns of Jair to this very day.