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Numbers 26:28

The sons of Joseph by their families were 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 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

5 Reuben was the first-born son of Israel. Reuben's sons were the family of the Hanochites from Hanoch, the family of the Palluites from Pallu, 6 the family of the Hezronites from Hezron, and the family of the Carmites from Carmi. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites, and their number was 43,730. 8 Eliab was the son of Pallu. 9 The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. These are Dathan and Abiram who were chosen by the people and who joined with Korah to argue against Moses and Aaron. They argued against the Lord, 10 and the earth opened its mouth and took them together with Korah, when that group died. The fire destroyed 250 men, and taught others to be careful. 11 But the sons of Korah did not die. 12 The sons of Simeon by their families were the family of the Nemuelites from Nemuel, the family of the Jaminites from Jamin, the family of the Jachinites from Jachin, 13 the family of the Zerahites from Zerah, and the family of the Shaulites from Shaul. 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, 22,200 people.

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 will have you promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. Promise that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, who live around me.
Genesis 24:41
Then you will be free from your promise to me. When you come to those of my family, and if they do not give her to you, then you will be free from your promise to me.'
Genesis 26:22
He moved away from there and dug another well. And they did not argue about it. So he gave it the name Rehoboth. For he said, "Now the Lord has made a large place for us. We will grow much in this land."
Genesis 26:23
Then he went from there to Beersheba.
Genesis 26:31
They got up early in the morning and made promises to each other. Then Isaac sent them away, and they left him in peace.
Genesis 26:32
That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said to him, "We have found water."
Genesis 39:5
And from the time that he watched over his house and all he owned, the Lord brought good to the Egyptian's house because of Joseph. The Lord brought good upon all that he owned in the house and in the field.
Joshua 3:7
The Lord said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to give you honor in the eyes of all Israel. Then they may know that I will be with you just as I have been with Moses.
2 Chronicles 1:1
Solomon the son of David became a strong king. The Lord his God was with him, and gave him much honor.
Isaiah 45:14
The Lord says, "The riches of Egypt and the good things of Cush and the tall Sabeans will come over to you and be yours. They will walk behind you in chains and bow down to you. They will beg you, saying, ‘For sure God is with you, and there is no other God. There is none other.'"

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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