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Thursday, August 14th, 2025
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Literal Standard Version

Numbers 26:28

Sons of Joseph by their families [are] Manasseh and Ephraim.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Joseph;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Gilead;   Hepher;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Genealogy;   Manasseh;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Genealogy;   Manasseh (2);   Numbers, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Yosef after their families: Menashsheh and Efrayim.
King James Version
The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
Lexham English Bible
The descendants of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.
English Standard Version
The sons of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.
New Century Version
These were the family groups of Joseph through Manasseh and Ephraim.
New English Translation
The descendants of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Joseph according to their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Ioseph, after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Contemporary English Version
There were 52,700 men from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph; they were from the clan of Machir, the clan of Gilead his son, and the clans of his six grandsons: Iezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Shemida, and Hepher. Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but he had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Yosef, by their families, were M'nasheh and Efrayim.
Darby Translation
The sons of Joseph, after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joseph's two sons were Manasseh and Ephraim. Each son became a tribe with its own family groups.
George Lamsa Translation
tithe sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim:
Good News Translation
The tribes of Joseph, who was the father of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Christian Standard Bible®
Joseph’s descendants by their clans from Manasseh and Ephraim:
Literal Translation
And the sons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Ioseph in their kynreds were, Manasses & Ephraim.
American Standard Version
The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Bible in Basic English
The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The chyldren of Ioseph throughout their kinredes, were Manasse and Ephraim.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
King James Version (1611)
The sonnes of Ioseph after their families, were Manasseh and Ephraim.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Aser according to their families; to Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; to Jesu, the family of the Jesusites; to Baria, the family of the Bariaites.
English Revised Version
The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Berean Standard Bible
The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sones of Joseph bi her kynredis weren Manasses and Effraym.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Joseph by their families [are] Manasseh and Ephraim.
Update Bible Version
The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sons of Joseph after their families [were] Manasseh and Ephraim.
World English Bible
The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
New King James Version
The sons of Joseph according to their families, by Manasseh and Ephraim, were:
New Living Translation
Two clans were descended from Joseph through Manasseh and Ephraim.
New Life Bible
The sons of Joseph by their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Joseph by their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Joseph by their families, - Manasseh, and Ephraim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Joseph by their kindred, Manasses and Ephraim.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Joseph according to their families: Manas'seh and E'phraim.
THE MESSAGE
The sons of Joseph by clans through Manasseh and Ephraim. Through Manasseh: Makir and the Makirite clan (now Makir was the father of Gilead), Gilead and the Gileadite clan. The sons of Gilead: Iezer and the Iezerite clan, Helek and the Helekite clan, Asriel and the Asrielite clan, Shechem and the Shechemite clan, Shemida and the Shemidaite clan, Hepher and the Hepherite clan. Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. These were the clans of Manasseh. They numbered 52,700.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

Contextual Overview

5Reuben, firstborn of Israel—sons of Reuben: of Enoch [is] the family of the Enochite; of Pallu the family of the Palluite; 6of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Carmi the family of the Carmite. 7These [are] families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8And the son of Pallu [is] Eliab; 9and the sons of Eliab [are] Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram; this [is that] Dathan and Abiram, called ones of the congregation, who have striven against Moses and against Aaron in the congregation of Korah, in their striving against YHWH, 10and the earth opens her mouth, and swallows them and Korah, in the death of the congregation, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign; 11but the sons of Korah did not die. 12Sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel [is] the family of the Nemuelite; of Jamin the family of the Jaminite; of Jachin the family of the Jachinite; 13of Zerah the family of the Zerahite; of Shaul the family of the Shaulite. 14These [are] families of the Simeonite—twenty-two thousand and two hundred.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 41:51, Genesis 41:52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 48:13-20

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:16 - a multitude

Cross-References

Genesis 24:3
and I cause you to swear by YHWH, God of the heavens and God of the earth, that you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;
Genesis 24:41
then you are acquitted from my oath, when you come to my family; and if they do not give [one] to you, then you have been acquitted from my oath.
Genesis 26:22
And he removes from there, and digs another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calls its name "Enlargements," and says, "For—now has YHWH given enlargement to us, and we have been fruitful in the land."
Genesis 26:23
And he goes up from there [to] Beer-Sheba,
Genesis 26:31
and rise early in the morning, and swear to one another, and Isaac sends them away, and they go from him in peace.
Genesis 26:32
And it comes to pass during that day that Isaac's servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have dug, and say to him, "We have found water";
Genesis 39:5
And it comes to pass from the time that he has appointed him over his house, and over all that he has, that YHWH blesses the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of YHWH is on all that he has, in the house, and in the field;
Joshua 3:7
And YHWH says to Joshua, "This day I begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses I am with you;
2 Chronicles 1:1
And Solomon son of David strengthens himself over his kingdom, and his God YHWH [is] with him, and makes him exceedingly great.
Isaiah 45:14
Thus said YHWH: "The labor of Egypt, || And the merchandise of Cush, || And of the Sebaim—men of measure, || Pass over to you, and they are yours, || They go after you, they pass over in chains, || And they bow themselves to you, || They pray to you: Surely God [is] in you, || And there is none else, no [other] God."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 28-34. The sons of Joseph, after their families, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Manasseh is here mentioned first, though Ephraim was preferred to him by Jacob, and the standard belonged to him; not because he was the firstborn, but because he had now the greater increase, though he had but one son, Machir, of whom was the family of the Machirites, and a grandson, whose name was Gilead, from whom was the family of the Gileadites, and who had six sons; of whom were the families of the Jeezerite, Halekite, Asrielite, Shechemite, Shemidaite, and Hepherite. Hepher, of whom was the last, had a son named Zelophehad, but he had no son, only five daughters, whose names are given; the number of men in this tribe, of twenty years old and upwards, fit for war, was 52,700, so that the increase was 20,500, a large increase indeed!


 
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