Joshua 17:1

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Summary

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.

The firstborn

General references

Numbers 32:39

Bible References

The firstborn

And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.

And Joseph had Manasseh and Ephraim in the land of Egypt, by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On.

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.

But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.

General references

And the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and took it, driving out the Amorites who were living there.