1 Chronicles 7:14

Manasseh's Descendants

14 Manasseh's sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 7:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:14

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 Numbers 26:31 ) as from Machir the Machirites, ( Numbers 26:29 Numbers 26:31 ) .

1 Chronicles 7:14 In-Context

12 Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.

13 Naphtali's sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum-Bilhah's sons.

14 Manasseh's sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.

15 Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.

16 Machir's wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named [him] Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.