Joshua 17:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

There was also a portion for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph, namely, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    A portion of land was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was Joseph's firstborn. To Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, since he was a man of war, Gilead and Bashan were given.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of eph; 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And [this] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    There 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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the lot fell vpo the trybe of Manasse (for he is Iosephs first sonne) and it fell vpon Machir the first sonne of Manasse ye father of Gilead: for he was a ma of armes, therfore had he Gilead and Basan.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    This was also the lot of the tribe of Manasseh: for he was the first borne of Ioseph, to wit, of Machir the first borne of Manasseh, and the father of Gilead: nowe because he was a man of warre, he had Gilead and Bashan.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    This was the lot of the tribe of Manasses, which was the eldest son of Ioseph, to witte of Machir the eldest sonne of Manasses, which was the father of Gilead: now because he was a man of warre, he had Gilead and Basan.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ There 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    [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 Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the lot is for the tribe of Manasseh (for he `is' first-born of Joseph), for Machir first-born of Manasseh, father of Gilead, for he hath been a man of war, and his are Gilead and Bashan.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And `this' was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And [this] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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 Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:51 : 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, For God, he said, has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.
  • Num 26:29 : 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begot Gilead: of Gilead came the family of the Gileadites.
  • Gen 46:20 : 20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, bore to him.
  • Gen 50:23 : 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation, the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
  • Gen 48:18 : 18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.
  • Num 32:39-40 : 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite who was there. 40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt there.
  • Deut 3:13-15 : 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which is called the land of giants. 14 Jair, the son of Manasseh, took all the country of Argob to the borders of Geshuri and Maachathi; and he called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, to this day. 15 And I gave Gilead to Machir.
  • Deut 21:17 : 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated as the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
  • Judg 5:14 : 14 Out of Ephraim came those with roots against Amalek; after you, Benjamin, with your people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun those who handle the pen of the scribe.
  • 1 Chr 2:23 : 23 And he took Geshur and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its towns—sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
  • 1 Chr 7:14-15 : 14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bore: (but his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead: 15 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.
  • Num 27:1 : 1 Then 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, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
  • Num 32:33 : 33 And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the borders, even the cities of the country round about.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 17:2
    85%

    2There was also a portion for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families: for the sons of Abiezer, the sons of Helek, the sons of Asriel, the sons of Shechem, the sons of Hepher, and the sons of Shemida. These were the male children of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, by their families.

  • Josh 17:4-8
    5 verses
    80%

    4They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." Therefore, according to the commandment of the LORD, he gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers.

    5Ten portions fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side of the Jordan;

    6because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons, and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

    7The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, which lies before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand to the inhabitants of Entappuah.

    8Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.

  • Num 26:28-29
    2 verses
    78%

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

    29Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begot Gilead: of Gilead came the family of the Gileadites.

  • Josh 13:31
    76%

    31And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining to the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

  • Josh 13:29
    75%

    29And Moses gave inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh; and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

  • Josh 16:4
    74%

    4So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

  • 1 Chr 7:17
    74%

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

  • Josh 17:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16The children of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have iron chariots, both those who are of Beth-shean and its towns, and those who are of the valley of Jezreel."

    17Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot.

  • Num 32:39-40
    2 verses
    74%

    39And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite who was there.

    40And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt there.

  • Num 1:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

    34From the children of Manasseh, by their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war;

    35Those who were numbered from them, even from the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

  • 1 Chr 7:14
    73%

    14The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bore: (but his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead:

  • Num 36:1
    73%

    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 spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

  • 1 Chr 7:29
    73%

    29And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these lived the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

  • Josh 17:14
    72%

    14The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given us only one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we are a great people since the LORD has blessed us so far?"

  • Josh 17:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, Ibleam and its towns, the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns—three regions.

    12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites continued to dwell in that land.

  • Josh 14:4
    72%

    4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; therefore they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their cattle and for their possessions.

  • Josh 13:7
    72%

    7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

  • Deut 3:13-15
    3 verses
    71%

    13And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which is called the land of giants.

    14Jair, the son of Manasseh, took all the country of Argob to the borders of Geshuri and Maachathi; and he called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, to this day.

    15And I gave Gilead to Machir.

  • Ezek 48:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

    5And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Ephraim.

  • Num 2:20
    71%

    20By him shall be the tribe of Manasseh. The captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

  • Josh 22:7
    71%

    7Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given possession in Bashan; but to the other half Joshua gave among their brethren on this side of the Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also to their tents, then he blessed them,

  • Num 1:10
    71%

    10From the children of Joseph: from Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: from Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

  • Josh 18:11
    71%

    11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot was between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

  • Num 34:14
    70%

    14For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

  • Josh 16:1
    70%

    1And the portion of the children of Joseph began at the Jordan by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that rises from Jericho throughout Mount Bethel,

  • 1 Chr 6:71
    70%

    71To the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands:

  • 1 Chr 5:23
    70%

    23And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon, and Senir, and unto Mount Hermon.

  • 1 Chr 5:2
    69%

    2For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's.

  • Gen 41:51
    69%

    51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, For God, he said, has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.

  • Gen 48:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    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 to 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 knowingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

  • 1 Chr 6:61
    69%

    61And to the sons of Kohath, those remaining of the family of that tribe, were given cities out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

  • Num 13:11
    69%

    11From the tribe of Joseph, namely, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

  • Deut 29:8
    68%

    8And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 20:8
    68%

    8And on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 16:9
    68%

    9And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

  • Num 26:34
    68%

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