Ver. 28-34. The sons of Joseph, after their families, were Manasseh and Ephraim. ] Manasseh is here mentioned first, though Ephraim was preferred to him by Jacob, and the standard belonged to him; not because he was the firstborn, but because he had now the greater increase, though he had but one son, Machir, of whom was the family of the Machirites, and a grandson, whose name was Gilead, from whom was the family of the Gileadites, and who had six sons; of whom were the families of the Jeezerite, Halekite, Asrielite, Shechemite, Shemidaite, and Hepherite. Hepher, of whom was the last, had a son named Zelophehad, but he had no son, only five daughters, whose names are given; the number of men in this tribe, of twenty years old and upwards, fit for war, was 52,700, so that the increase was 20,500, a large increase indeed!
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Números 26:28 In-Context
26 De Séred, Elón y Yalel, hijos de Zabulón, proceden los siguientes clanes: los sereditas, los elonitas y los yalelitas.
27 Estos son los clanes de la tribu de Zabulón. Su número llegó a sesenta mil quinientos hombres.
28 De Manasés y Efraín, hijos de José, proceden los siguientes clanes:
29 De Maquir hijo de Manasés y de Galaad hijo de Maquir proceden el clan maquirita y el clan galaadita.
30 De Jezer, Jélec, Asriel, Siquén, Semidá y Héfer, hijos de Galaad, proceden los siguientes clanes: los jezeritas, los jelequitas, los asrielitas, los siquenitas, los semidaítas y los heferitas.