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The Manasseh family line in Joshua 17 is described again in 1 Chronicles, generations later, listing the same men from Makir to Gilead. Each includes Zelophehad’s daughters, unusual in a male genealogy.
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Joshua 17:3
Hebrew Bible
1 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. 2 The rest of Manasseh’s descendants were also assigned land by their clans, including the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans. 3 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
1 Chronicles 7:15
Hebrew Bible
14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 15 Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. (His sister’s name was Maacah.)Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son; he had only daughters. 16 Maacah, Makir’s wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. 17 The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh.
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Notes and References
... The second genre of biblical literature to link Manasseh to Gilead is genealogy. According to Numbers 26:29, all of the Manassites descend from Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh. The lineage of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh also appears in Numbers 27:1, 36:1 Joshua 17:3, and 1 Chronicles 7:14, 17. ...
Moster, David Z.
The Tribe of Manasseh and the Jordan River: Geography, Society, History, and Biblical Memory
(p. 172) Bar-Ilan University, 2017
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