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1 Chronicles 7:14

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Asriel;   Concubinage;   Gilead;   Thompson Chain Reference - Concubinage;   Foes of the Home;   Home;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Machir;   Manasseh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Asriel;   Machir;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aramitess;   Asriel;   Machir;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aramitess;   Asriel;   Chronicles, I;   Manasseh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Aramitess ;   Ashriel ;   Gilead ;   Machir ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Arami'tess;   Ash'riel;   Ma'chir;   Marriage;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abiezer;   Aramitess;   Asriel;   Machir;   Manasseh (2);   Peresh;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Asriel;   Machir;   Manasseh;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Manasseh’s sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Menashsheh: Asri'el, whom his concubine the Arammian bore: she bore Makhir the father of Gil`ad:
King James Version
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
English Standard Version
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
New Century Version
These are Manasseh's descendants. Manasseh had an Aramean slave woman, who was the mother of Asriel and Makir. Makir was Gilead's father.
New English Translation
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, who was born to Manasseh's Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, to whom his Aramean concubine gave birth; she also gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead.
World English Bible
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore: she bore Machir the father of Gilead:
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonne of Manasseh was Ashriel whom she bare vnto him, but his concubine of Aram bare Machir the father of Gilead.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
Berean Standard Bible
The descendants of Manasseh: Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.
Contemporary English Version
Manasseh and his Syrian wife were the parents of Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.
Complete Jewish Bible
The descendants of M'nasheh: his concubine the woman from Aram bore Makhir the father of Gil‘ad; Asri'el [Gil‘ad's son] was descended from her.
Darby Translation
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, … whom she bore; his Syrian concubine bore Machir the father of Gilead.
Easy-to-Read Version
These are Manasseh's descendants: Manasseh's Aramean slave woman had a son named Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead.
George Lamsa Translation
The sons of Manasseh: Asarchiel, whom his concubine bore him; she also bore Machir the father of Gilead;
Good News Translation
By his Aramean concubine, Manasseh had two sons, Asriel and Machir. Machir was the father of Gilead.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.
Literal Translation
The sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, the child born to his Syrian concubine with Machir the father of Gilead.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Manasses are these: Esriel, whom his concubyne Aramiel dyd beare. But (first) begat he Machir the father of Gilead.
American Standard Version
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare; she bare Machir the father of Gilead.
Bible in Basic English
The sons of Manasseh by his servant-wife, the Aramaean woman: she gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Manasse: Azriel, whom his wife bare vnto him: But Aramiah his concubine bare Machir the father of Gilead.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his wife bore--his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead;
King James Version (1611)
The sonnes of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom shee bare (but his concnbine the Aramitesse, bare Machir the father of Gilead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Manasse; Esriel, whom his Syrian concubine bore; and she bore to him also Machir the father of Galaad.
English Revised Version
The sons of Manasseh; Asriel, whom [his wife] bare: (his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the sone of Manasses was Esriel; and Sira his secundarie wijf childide Machir, the fadir of Galaad.
Update Bible Version
The sons of Manasseh: his wife bore Asriel. His concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bore: ([but] his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead:
New King James Version
The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel. Numbers 26:30, 31)">[fn]
New Living Translation
The descendants of Manasseh through his Aramean concubine included Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead.
New Life Bible
Manasseh's sons were Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead. Their mother was the Aramaean woman who acted as Manasseh's wife.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Manasseh, Asriel, whom, his wife bare, - his concubine, the Syrian, bare Machir the father of Gilead;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the son of Manasses, Ezriel: and his concubine the Syrian bore Machir the father of Galaad.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Manas'seh: As'ri-el, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom Jaladah his Aramaean concubine bare, with Machir father of Gilead.
THE MESSAGE
Manasseh's sons, born of his Aramean concubine, were Asriel and Makir the father of Gilead. Makir got his wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister's name was Maacah. Another son, Zelophehad, had only daughters. Makir's wife Maacah bore a son whom she named Peresh; his brother's name was Sheresh and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. Ulam's son was Bedan. This accounts for the sons of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh. His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishdod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.

Contextual Overview

1The sons of Issachar were: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all. 2The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers' households. The sons of Tola were courageous men in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600. 3The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were chief men. 4With them by their generations according to their fathers' households were 36,000 troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and children. 5Their relatives among all the families of Issachar, courageous men, registered by genealogies, were 87,000 in all. 6The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela, Becher, and Jediael. 7The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of the households of their fathers, courageous men. By their genealogies they were 22,034. 8The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth, all these were sons of Becher. 9They were registered by their genealogies according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' households, courageous men, 20,200 in number. 10The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The sons: The text in these two verses seems to be strangely corrupted; and, as it stands, is scarcely intelligible. Probably it should be rendered, "The sons of Manasseh were Ashriel, whom his Syrian concubine bore to him; and Machir the father of Gilead, whom - his wife bore to him. Machir took for a wife Maachah, sister to Huppim and Shuppim." This is nearly the version of Dr. Geddes.

Machir: 1 Chronicles 2:21-23, Genesis 50:23, Numbers 26:29-34, Numbers 27:1, Numbers 32:30-42, Deuteronomy 3:13-15, Joshua 13:31, Joshua 17:1-3, Judges 5:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:20 - Manasseh Numbers 1:34 - Manasseh Numbers 36:1 - Gilead

Cross-References

Genesis 7:2
"Of every clean animal you shall take with you seven pair, the male and his female, and of animals that are not clean, two each the male and his female;
Genesis 7:3
also of the birds of the air, seven pair, the male and the female, to keep the offspring alive on the surface of the earth.
Genesis 7:8
Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and fowls and everything that crawls on the ground,
Genesis 7:9
they came [motivated by God] into the ark with Noah two by two, the male and the female, just as God had commanded Noah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare,.... The wife of Manasseh, as distinguished from his concubine in the next clause; though the Targum reads, in connection with that,

"whom his Aramitess (or Syrian) concubine bare;''

and then adds,

who also bare Machir the father of Gilead; so that Ashriel and Machir were brethren; from which Ashriel sprung the family of the Ashrielites, Numbers 26:29 as from Machir the Machirites, Numbers 26:29.


 
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