Bible Cross References
Manasseh
Genesis 41:50-52
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Before the years of famine came, Joseph had two sons by Asenath.
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He said, "God has made me forget all my sufferings and all my father's family"; so he named his first son Manasseh.
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He also said, "God has given me children in the land of my trouble"; so he named his second son Ephraim.
Genesis 48:4
He said to me, 'I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.' "
Genesis 48:5
Jacob continued, "Joseph, your two sons, who were born to you in Egypt before I came here, belong to me; Ephraim and Manasseh are just as much my sons as Reuben and Simeon.
Genesis 48:13
Joseph put Ephraim at Jacob's left and Manasseh at his right.
Genesis 48:14
But Jacob crossed his hands, and put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, even though he was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, who was the older.
Genesis 48:20
So he blessed them that day, saying, "The Israelites will use your names when they pronounce blessings. They will say, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.' " In this way Jacob put Ephraim before Manasseh.
Numbers 1:32-35
Numbers 26:28-37
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The tribes of Joseph, who was the father of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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The tribe of Manasseh. Machir son of Manasseh was the father of Gilead, and the following clans traced their ancestry to Gilead:
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the clans of Iezer, Helek,
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Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
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These clans numbered 52,700 men.
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The tribe of Ephraim: the clans of Shuthelah, Becher, and Tahan.
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The clan of Eran traced its descent from Shuthelah.
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These clans numbered 32,500 men. These are the clans descended from Joseph.
Deuteronomy 33:13-17
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About the tribe of Joseph he said: "May the LORD bless their land with rain And with water from under the earth.
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May their land be blessed with sun-ripened fruit, Rich with the best fruits of each season.
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May their ancient hills be covered with choice fruit.
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May their land be filled with all that is good, Blessed by the goodness of the LORD, Who spoke from the burning bush. May these blessings come to the tribe of Joseph, Because he was the leader among his brothers.
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Joseph has the strength of a bull, The horns of a wild ox. His horns are Manasseh's thousands And Ephraim's ten thousands. With them he gores the nations And pushes them to the ends of the earth."
1 Chronicles 5:23-26
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The people of East Manasseh settled in the territory of Bashan as far north as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon, and their population increased greatly.
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The following were the heads of their clans: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were all outstanding soldiers, well-known leaders of their clans.
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But the people were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and deserted him to worship the gods of the nations whom God had driven out of the land.
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So God caused Emperor Pul of Assyria (also known as Tiglath Pileser) to invade their country. He deported the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh and settled them permanently in Halah, Habor, and Hara, and by the Gozan River.
1 Chronicles 7:14-29
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By his Aramean concubine, Manasseh had two sons, Asriel and Machir. Machir was the father of Gilead.
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Machir found a wife for Huppim and one for Shuppim. His sister's name was Maacah. Machir's second son was Zelophehad, and he had only daughters.
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Maacah, Machir's wife, gave birth to two sons, whom they named Peresh and Sheresh. Peresh had two sons, Ulam and Rakem,
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and Ulam had a son named Bedan. These are all descendants of Gilead, the son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh.
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Gilead's sister Hammolecheth had three sons: Ishod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
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(Shemida had four sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.)
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These are the descendants of Ephraim from generation to generation: Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath,
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Zabad, Shuthelah. Ephraim had two other sons besides Shuthelah: Ezer and Elead, who were killed when they tried to steal the livestock belonging to the native inhabitants of Gath.
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Their father Ephraim mourned for them for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
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Then he had intercourse with his wife again, and she became pregnant and had a son. They named him Beriah, because of the trouble that had come to their family.
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Ephraim had a daughter named Sheerah. She built the towns of Upper and Lower Beth Horon, and Uzzen Sheerah.
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Ephraim also had a son named Rephah, whose descendants were as follows: Resheph, Telah, Tahan,
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Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama,
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The territory which they took and settled included Bethel and the towns around it, as far east as Naaran and as far west as Gezer and the towns around it. It also included the cities of Shechem and Ayyah, and the towns around them.
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The descendants of Manasseh controlled the cities of Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, and the towns around them. All these are the places where the descendants of Joseph son of Jacob lived.
priest
Genesis 41:45
He gave Joseph the Egyptian name Zaphenath Paneah, and he gave him a wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in the city of Heliopolis. Joseph was thirty years old when he began to serve the king of Egypt. He left the king's court and traveled all over the land.
Genesis 41:50
Before the years of famine came, Joseph had two sons by Asenath.