Bible Cross References
the firstborn
Genesis 41:51
He said, "God has made me forget all my sufferings and all my father's family"; so he named his first son Manasseh.
Genesis 46:20
In Egypt Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in Heliopolis.
Genesis 48:18
He said to his father, "Not that way, father. This is the older boy; put your right hand on his head."
Deuteronomy 21:17
He is to give a double share of his possessions to his first son, even though he is not the son of his favorite wife. A man must acknowledge his first son and give him the share he is legally entitled to.
Machir
Genesis 50:23
He lived to see Ephraim's children and grandchildren. He also lived to receive the children of Machir son of Manasseh into the family.
Numbers 26:29
The tribe of Manasseh. Machir son of Manasseh was the father of Gilead, and the following clans traced their ancestry to Gilead:
Numbers 27:1
Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah were the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph.
Numbers 32:39
The clan of Machir son of Manasseh invaded the land of Gilead, occupied it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Numbers 32:40
So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir, and they lived there.
Judges 5:14
They came from Ephraim into the valley, behind the tribe of Benjamin and its people. The commanders came down from Machir, the officers down from Zebulun.
1 Chronicles 2:23
But the kingdoms of Geshur and Aram conquered sixty towns there, including the villages of Jair and Kenath, and the towns nearby. All the people who lived there were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 7:14
By his Aramean concubine, Manasseh had two sons, Asriel and Machir. Machir was the father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 7:15
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.
Gilead
Numbers 26:29
The tribe of Manasseh. Machir son of Manasseh was the father of Gilead, and the following clans traced their ancestry to Gilead:
Numbers 32:33
So Moses assigned to the tribes of Gad and Reuben and to half the tribe of Manasseh all the territory of King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan, including the towns and the country around them.
Numbers 32:40
So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir, and they lived there.
Deuteronomy 3:13-15
13
To half the tribe of Manasseh I assigned the rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, where Og had ruled, that is, the entire Argob region." (Bashan was known as the land of the Rephaim.
14
Jair, from the tribe of Manasseh, took the entire region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of Geshur and Maacah. He named the villages after himself, and they are still known as the villages of Jair.)
15
"I assigned Gilead to the clan of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh.