1 Chronicles 7:14
in 1 Chronicles 7The descendants of Manasseh: Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare; she bare Machir the father of Gilead.
KJV
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 7
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe 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, Num 26:29 as from Machir the Machirites, Num 26:29.
This site's exposition
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel
on 1 Chronicles 7:13-19
Naphtali's whole entry is four sons and nothing more, the same four names Genesis 46:24 gives with one spelling changed, and Henry notes no later generations follow because the tribe's genealogies were lost by the Chronicler's day. Manasseh's entry by contrast is the chapter's most tangled, naming a concubine, a sister who reigns as Hammoleketh, and the daughters of Zelophehad without sons, the same family Numbers 27 and 36 already made a test case for inheritance through women. Women stand at the center of Manasseh's line here in a genealogy chapter that otherwise counts almost none, and Maachah's line through Machir the father of Gilead carries the tribe's name into the land east of Jordan.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
This was during their bondage in Egypt, so early did they begin to mingle with the nations. That, though the father married a Syrian, Machir, the son of that marriage, perhaps seeing the inconvenience of it in his father's house, took to wife a daughter of Benjamin,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The sons of Manasseh--or descendants; for Ashriel was a grandson, and Zelophehad was a generation farther removed in descent (Nu 26:33). The text, as it stands, is so confused and complicated that it is exceedingly difficult to trace the genealogical thread, and a great variety of conjectures have been made with a view to clear away the obscurity.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel whom she bore The meaning is: whom his wife bore to him. A similar case is (Num.:59): “.. whom she bore to Levi in Egypt.” But his Aramean concubine bore Machir.
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, etc. And why was no more of his genealogy traced? This is the reason, as explained at the end of Megillah Yerushalmi 0 (see Com.
And Machir took a wife le-Ḥuppim u-le-Shuppim. This means: He took a wife from [Huppim and Shuppim].
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| אַשְׂרִיאֵ֖ל | ʾasriel | Asriel | H844 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָלָ֑דָה | yaladah | she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| פִּֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ | pilagsho | concubine his | H6370 → | 37 times |
| הָֽאֲרַמִּיָּ֔ה | haaramiyah | <the> Aramean | H761 → | |
| יָלְדָ֕ה | yaldah | she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מָכִ֖יר | makhir | Makir | H4353 → | 22 times |
| אֲבִ֥י | ʾavi | [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| גִלְעָֽד׃ | gilad | Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֔הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
אַשְׂרִיאֵ֖לAsriel
ʾasrielH844 →
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יָלָ֑דָהshe bore
yaladahH3205 →496 times
פִּֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙concubine his
pilagshoH6370 →37 times
הָֽאֲרַמִּיָּ֔ה<the> Aramean
haaramiyahH761 →
יָלְדָ֕הshe bore
yaldahH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מָכִ֖ירMakir
makhirH4353 →22 times
אֲבִ֥י[the] father of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
גִלְעָֽד׃Gilead
giladH1568 →134 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 50:23He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
it leads to
- Numbers 32:39
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Job 42:16
After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
- Genesis 30:3
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
- 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…
- Genesis 48:19
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and…
- Numbers 32:39
Through
Joshua 13:31half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants…
it leads to
- Joshua 12:4
And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
- Numbers 32:39–40
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Joshua 12:4
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.