1 Chronicles 7:14

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“The descendants of Manasseh: Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.”

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BSBPD

“The descendants of Manasseh: Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare; she bare Machir the father of Gilead.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom Jaladah his Aramaean concubine bare, with Machir father of Gilead.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 7:14 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 50:23He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
  2. Numbers 26:28The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim.
  3. Numbers 26:29These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
  4. Numbers 27:1Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
  5. Numbers 32:30But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”
  6. Deuteronomy 3:13To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
  7. Joshua 13:31half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.
  8. Joshua 17:1Now 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.
  9. Judges 5:14Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
  10. 1 Chronicles 2:21Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

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