The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir was the father of Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

Now the heads of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;

Our little ones, our wives, and our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the towns of Gilead;

And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben go with you over Jordan, every man armed for the fight before the Lord, and all the land is given into your hands, then let them have the land of Gilead for a heritage:

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

And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he made it his living-place.

And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.