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Numbers 26:28–34

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¶ The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
¶ And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
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From verse 28

  1. Genesis 46:20Rank 1 from verse 28
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    20¶ And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.

  2. Genesis 41:51–52Rank 2 from verse 28
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    51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

    52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

  3. Genesis 48:13–20Rank 3 from verse 28
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    13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.

    14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

    15¶ And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

    16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

    17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.

    18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

    19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

    20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

  4. Genesis 48:5Rank 4 from verse 28
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    5¶ And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

From verse 29

  1. Joshua 17:1Rank 1 from verse 29
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    1THERE was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

  2. 1 Chronicles 7:14–19Rank 2 from verse 29
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    14¶ The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

    15And 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.

    16And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

    17And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

    18And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

    19And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

  3. Numbers 36:1Rank 3 from verse 29
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    1AND the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

  4. Deuteronomy 3:15Rank 4 from verse 29
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    15And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

  5. Genesis 48:14Rank 5 from verse 29
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    14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

From verse 30

  1. Judges 6:11Rank 1 from verse 30
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    11¶ And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

  2. Joshua 17:2Rank 2 from verse 30
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    2There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.

  3. Judges 6:24Rank 3 from verse 30
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    24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

  4. Judges 6:34Rank 4 from verse 30
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    34But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him.

  5. Judges 8:2Rank 5 from verse 30
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    2And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?

From verse 33

  1. Numbers 27:1Rank 1 from verse 33
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    1THEN came 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 the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

  2. Numbers 36:10–12Rank 2 from verse 33
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    10Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:

    11For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:

    12And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

From verse 34

  1. Numbers 1:34–35Rank 1 from verse 34
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    34¶ Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

    35Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

  2. Numbers 2:20–21Rank 2 from verse 34
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    20And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

    21And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

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Numbers 26:28

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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families

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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.

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Numbers 26:29

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family

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A household, kindred, lineage, tribe, or group descended from a common ancestor.

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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Numbers 26:30

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family

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A household, kindred, lineage, tribe, or group descended from a common ancestor.

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Numbers 26:31

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family

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A household, kindred, lineage, tribe, or group descended from a common ancestor.

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Numbers 26:32

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family

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A household, kindred, lineage, tribe, or group descended from a common ancestor.

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Numbers 26:33

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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names

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Sense 1: Words or titles by which persons or things are known. Sense 2: Reputation, authority, or the persons named.

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Numbers 26:34

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families

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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.

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numbered

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Counted, reckoned, enrolled, listed, included in a company or class, or measured as to number or extent.

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27These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

28¶ The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

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29Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

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30These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:

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31And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:

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32And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

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33¶ And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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34These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

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35¶ These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

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