Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
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Bible References
The firstborn
Genesis 41:51
And Joseph will call the name of the first-born, Manasseh; for God made me forget all my toils and all my father's house.
Genesis 46:20
And to Joseph will be born in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath will bear to him, the daughter of Poti-Phera, priest of Ain: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:18
And Joseph will say to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
Deuteronomy 21:17
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated, the first-born, to give to him the portion of two in all that shall be found to him; for he is the beginning of his strength; to him is the judgment of the first-born.
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Numbers 32:39
And the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, will go to Gilead., and take it and drive out the Amorite which is in it