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 Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'

And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him) are Manasseh and Ephraim.

and Joseph saith unto his father, 'Not so, my father, for this is the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.'

But the first-born, son of the hated one, he doth acknowledge, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him is the right of the first-born.

General references

And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite, who is in it;