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Gilead

Time-period: Mose-David (1400 – 1000 f.Kr.)
Age: -
Father: Machir
Siblings: Hammolecheth
Half-siblings: Peresh, Sheresh
children (5): Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Shemida, Hepher

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Gilead H1568
גִּלְעָד (Gilad)
134 times in OT
Total    134 times

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  • Machir
    • Gilead

      firstborn

      • Helek

        Gilead's child nr: 2

        Helek
      • Asriel

        Gilead's child nr: 3

        Asriel
      • Shechem

        Gilead's child nr: 4

        Shechem
      • Shemida

        Gilead's child nr: 5

        Shemida
        • Ahian

          order of birth not available

          Ahian
        • Shechem

          Shemida's child nr: 2

          Shechem
        • Likhi

          Shemida's child nr: 3

          Likhi
        • Aniam

          Shemida's child nr: 4

          Aniam
      • Hepher

        Gilead's child nr: 6

        Hepher

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The sons of Manasseh:
Of Machir, the family of the Machirites,
and Machir begot Gilead,
of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
These are the sons of Gilead:
Ijezer, the family of the Ijezerites,
of Chelek, the family of the Chelekiites,
Then the daughters of Zelophehad [Num. 26:33; Josh 17:3], 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 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 this is the lot of the tribe of Manasseh, for he was Joseph's firstborn, as Machir was Manasseh's firstborn [Gen. 50:23; Num. 26:29], the father of Gilead—because he was a warrior [Num. 32:39]—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 [Num. 26:33; Num. 27:1], and these are the names of his [five] daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah.
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.
The son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh.