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Joseph saw [his second son] Ephraim's sons to the third generation; even Manasseh's son, Machir [Joseph's grandson], became the father of children [who were laid] on Joseph's knees.
[Manasseh was Joseph's firstborn, whose son was named Machir, see ; . "Laying on Joseph's knees" alludes to the custom of placing the newborn child on the knees, first of the father, who by receiving it acknowledged the child as his own, and then of the mother, see . Joseph adopted his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, which means that they shared in his blessing and inheritance, see also .]
The sons of Manasseh:
Of Machir, the family of the Machirites,
and Machir begot Gilead,
of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
Then the daughters of Zelophehad [; ], the son of Chefer, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh of the family of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, came near. And these are the names of his [five] daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah.
And the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and took it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh, and he lived there.
And the leaders of the fathers' houses of the families of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of the house of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' houses of the sons of Israel,
And to Machir I gave Gilead.
And half of Gilead and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, for half of the sons of Machir according to their families.
And this is the lot of the tribe of Manasseh, for he was Joseph's firstborn, as Machir was Manasseh's firstborn [; ], the father of Gilead—because he was a warrior []—he had Gilead and Bashan.
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters [; ], and these are the names of his [five] daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah.
Out of Ephraim came those whose roots are in Amalek,
after you Benjamin among your people,
out of Machir came princes, and out of Zebulun
those who wielded the scepter.
[There are no biological roots between Amalek and Ephraim; this refers to Joshua's defeat of Amalek. Joshua is an Ephraimite, and Amalek was the first enemy to fight against Israel in Rephidim after the exodus.]
After that, Chetsron went in to the daughter of Machir, Gilead's father. He took her as his wife when he was 60 years old. She bore Segub to him.
But the Geshurites and the Arameans took away the villages of Jair and Kenath and its surrounding towns, 60 cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore to him. She also bore Machir, the father of Gilead.
Machir took as his wife a sister of Choppim and Shoppim named Maacha. His other son was named Tselofechad. And Tselofechad had [only] daughters. []
Maacah, the wife of Machir, bore a son and named him Peresh. His brother was Sheresh. His sons were Ulam and Rekem.
The son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh.
