Numbers 32:39 “The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it,…”

Numbers 32:39

The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

World English Bible

The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.

American Standard Version

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the children of Machir the sonne of Manasseh went to Gilead, and tooke it, and put out the Amorites that dwelt therein.

Darby Translation

— And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and they dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.

Young's Literal Translation

And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite, who [is] in it;

Bible in Basic English

And the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and took it, driving out the Amorites who were living there.

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Cross references

“And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.”

Genesis 50:23 Numbers 26:29 Joshua 17:1

Genesis 50:23 · BSB

He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

Numbers 26:29 · BSB

These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

Joshua 17:1 · BSB

Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

38as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.

40So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

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