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1 Chronicles 7:14-15

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead. Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah. The name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

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The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, Shallum, and the sons of Bilhah. The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead. Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah. The name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters. Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock. Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house. His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah. Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son, Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, Nun his son, and Joshua his son. Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns; and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. The children of Joseph the son of Israel lived in these. The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister. The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them listed by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead.

    Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah. The name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

  • KJV King James Version

    The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

    And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his wife bore — his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead;

    and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah — and the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

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Cross-references (12)

  • Numbers 26:33 (v15) Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,…
  • Numbers 32:30-42 (v14) but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.” The children of Gad and the…
  • Numbers 36:1-12 (v15) The heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of…
  • Deuteronomy 3:13-15 (v14) and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh—all the region of Argob, even all Bashan.…
  • Joshua 13:31 (v14) Half Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for…
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  • Joshua 17:1-3 (v14) This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of…
  • Genesis 50:23 (v14) Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
  • Numbers 26:29-34 (v14) The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the…
  • Numbers 27:1 (v14) Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh…
  • Numbers 27:1-11 (v15) Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh…
  • Judges 5:14 (v14) Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who…
  • 1 Chronicles 2:21-23 (v14) Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him…

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv14–15 1Ch 7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she…

1Ch 7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ([but] his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

Ver. 14. Whom she bare,] i.e., The wife of Gilead bare.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv14–15 The sons of Manasseh, i.e. grandchildren, as 1Ch 7:13.…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv14–15 And the sons of Ulam: Bedan,.... See Sa1 12:11.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv14–15 She - His wife; his concubine is here opposed…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv14–15 Son. Hebrew, "sons....Ezriel, whom she bare." This seems imperfect.…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v14 OF MANASSEH. (1Ch. 7:14-40)
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–15 14. Ashriel, whom she bare] R.V. Asriel, whom his…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–15 (14) The sons of Manasseh.—Translate, the sons of Manasseh,…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv14–15 The sons of Manasseh. The tribe of Manasseh has…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v14 The Line of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v14 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v14 7:14-19 Several difficulties in these verses might indicate that…
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