From Nave’s Topical Bible
Manasseh
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 41Passages listed
- 11Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- 1. Son of Joseph and AsenathGenesis 41:50Genesis 41:51Genesis 46:20
- Adopted by Jacob on his deathbedGenesis 48:1Genesis 48:5–20
- Called MANASSESRevelation 7:6
- 2. Tribe of
- Descendants of Joseph
- (The two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, were reckoned equally among the primogenitors of the twelve tribes (taking the places of Joseph and Levi))
- Adopted by JacobGenesis 48:5
- Prophecy concerningGenesis 49:25Genesis 49:26
- Enumeration ofNumbers 1:34Numbers 1:35Numbers 26:29–34
- Place of, in camp and marchNumbers 2:18Numbers 2:20Numbers 10:22Numbers 10:23
- Blessing or Moses onDeuteronomy 33:13–17
- Inheritance of
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- One-half of tribe east of the Jordan RiverNumbers 32:33Numbers 32:39–42
- One-half of tribe west of Jordan RiverJoshua 16:9Joshua 17:5–11
- The eastern half assists in the conquest of the country west of the Jordan RiverDeuteronomy 3:18–20Joshua 1:12–15Joshua 4:12Joshua 4:13
- Join the other eastern tribes in erecting a monument to testify to the unity of all Israel
- Misunderstood
- Make satisfactory explanationJoshua 22
- Join Gideon in war with the MidianitesJudges 6Judges 7
- Malcontents of, join David1 Chronicles 12:191 Chronicles 12:31
- Struck down by Hazael2 Kings 10:33
- Return from captivity1 Chronicles 9:3
- Reallotment of the territory to, by Hazael2 Kings 10:33
- Return from captivity1 Chronicles 9:3
- Reallotment of territory to, by EzekielEzekiel 48:4
- Affiliate with the Jews in the reign of Hezekiah2 Chronicles 30
- Incorporated into kingdom of Judah2 Chronicles 15:92 Chronicles 34:62 Chronicles 34:7
- See Israel, Tribes of
- 3. (MOSES, R. V.) Father of GershomJudges 18:30
- 4. King of Judah
- History of2 Kings 21:1–182 Chronicles 33:1–20
- 5. Two Jews who put away (divorced) their Gentile wives after the captivityEzra 10:30Ezra 10:33
The passages, in Bible order (41)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 41:50
Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
Commentary on Genesis 41:502 voices
Two sons - Whom he called by names expressive of God’s particular and bountiful providence towards him. Manasseh, מנשה menashsheh, signifies forgetfulness, from נשה nashah, to forget; and Ephraim, אפרים ephrayim, fruitfulness, from פרה parah, to be fruitful; and he called his sons by these names, because God had enabled him to forget all his toil, disgrace, and affliction, and had made him fruitful in the very land in which he had suffered the greatest misfortune and indignities.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
It had been the land of his affliction, and in some sense it was still so, for it was not Canaan, the land of promise. His distance from his father was still his affliction. Note, Light is sometimes sown for the righteous in a barren and unlikely soil; and yet if God sow it, and water it, it will come up again.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Genesis 41:51
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
Commentary on Genesis 41:511 voice
It had been the land of his affliction, and in some sense it was still so, for it was not Canaan, the land of promise. His distance from his father was still his affliction. Note, Light is sometimes sown for the righteous in a barren and unlikely soil; and yet if God sow it, and water it, it will come up again.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- Genesis 46:20
Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
Commentary on Genesis 46:202 voices
In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch 7:14-20), born in Egypt, the two accounts coincide.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim,.... And therefore not to be reckoned with those that went down with Jacob thither; for which reason the clause, "in the land of Egypt", is inserted, see Gen 41:50, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, bare unto him; here again the Targum of Jonathan makes Asenath to be the daughter of Dinah, who it says was educated in the house of Potipherah prince of Tanis; See Gill on Gen 41:50.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 48:1
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Commentary on Genesis 48:12 voices
For, since he knew that he was invested by God with no common character, in being made the father of the fathers of the Church, he fulfilled, in the immediate prospect of death, the prophetic office, respecting the future state of the Church, which had been enjoined upon him.
John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554Reformed
- Joseph Visits His Sick Father The right of primogeniture has been forfeited by Reuben. The double portion in the inheritance is now transferred to Joseph. He is the first-born of her who was intended by Jacob to be his first and only wife. He has also been the means of saving all his father’s house, even after he had been sold into slavery by his brethren. He has therefore, undeniable claims to this part of the first-born’s rights.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Genesis 48:5–20
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
Commentary on Genesis 48:5–201 voice
The reasons for this procedure are stated (1Ch 5:1, 2). are mine--Though their connections might have attached them to Egypt and opened to them brilliant prospects in the land of their nativity, they willingly accepted the adoption (Heb 11:25).
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Genesis 49:25
by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.
Commentary on Genesis 49:252 voices
You must have noticed, when reading Jacob's prophecies concerning his sons, that the good old man, when he came to talk about Joseph, suddenly seemed to be freer of speech than while he was addressing any of the others. The dying flame of life within him appeared to burn up more brightly at the sight of the son of his old age, the darling of his heart.
Charles Spurgeon· The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2531: “A Boundless Benediction” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition), 1897
The God of thy father - How frequently God is called the God of Jacob none needs be told who reads the Bible. God All-sufficient - Instead of את שדי Eth Shaddai, The Almighty or All-sufficient; I read אל שדי El Shaddai, God All-sufficient; which is the reading of the Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, and Coptic, and of three reputable MSS. In the collections of Kennicott and De Rossi. The copies used by those ancient versions had evidently אל El, God, and not את eth, The, a mistake produced in later times.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 49:26
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
Commentary on Genesis 49:261 voice
The blessing of thy father, etc. - The blessings which thy father now prays for and pronounces are neither temporal nor transitory; they shall exceed in their duration the eternal mountains, and in their value and spiritual nature all the conveniences, comforts, and delicacies which the everlasting hills can produce. They shall last when the heavens and the earth are no more, and shall extend throughout eternity. They are the blessings which shall be communicated to the world by means of the Messiah.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Numbers 1:34
And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 1:35
those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.
- Numbers 2:18
On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
Commentary on Numbers 2:181 voice
The tabernacle or sacred tent of their Divine King, with the camp of the Levites around it (see on Nu 3:38), formed the center, as does the chief's in the encampment of all nomad people. In marching, this order was adhered to, with some necessary variations. Judah led the way, followed, it is most probable, by Issachar and Zebulun [Nu 10:14-16].
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Numbers 2:20
The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,
Commentary on Numbers 2:201 voice
The tabernacle or sacred tent of their Divine King, with the camp of the Levites around it (see on Nu 3:38), formed the center, as does the chief's in the encampment of all nomad people. In marching, this order was adhered to, with some necessary variations. Judah led the way, followed, it is most probable, by Issachar and Zebulun [Nu 10:14-16].
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Numbers 10:22
Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
- Numbers 10:23
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
- Numbers 26:29–34
These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
- Numbers 32:33
So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
Commentary on Numbers 32:331 voice
Half the tribe of Manasseh - That is, (compare Num 32:39; Jos 17:1) the families of Machir. Moses, when assigning to the pastoral tribes the inheritance which they desired, appropriated to these Manassites especially the district they had already subdued, as a reward for their valour and exploits. Thus the whole of the conquered country was provisionally disposed of, and the forwardness anti valour of the Machirites rewarded. It seems clear from Num 32:39 and Jos 17:1, that the claims of the Machirites arose simply out of their exploits.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Numbers 32:39–42
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Commentary on Numbers 32:39–421 voice
The children of Machir - Machir, the son of Manasseh, was long since dead: even his sons had been brought up upon Joseph’s knees Gen 50:23. But the renown acquired by his descendants raised his family almost to the dignity of a tribe; and the Machirites are in the next verse styled Machir, just as the children of Judah or of Ephraim are often spoken of as Judah or Ephraim. So in Jdg 5:14 Machir is coupled with Ephraim and Zebulun.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
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