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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Numeri 26:28 In-Context
26
Figliuoli di Zabulon secondo le loro famiglie: da Sered discende la famiglia dei Sarditi; da Elon, la famiglia degli Eloniti; da Jahleel, la famiglia degli Jahleeliti.
27
Tali sono le famiglie degli Zabuloniti secondo il loro censimento: sessantamila cinquecento.
28
Figliuoli di Giuseppe secondo le loro famiglie: Manasse ed Efraim.
29
Figliuoli di Manasse: da Makir discende la famiglia dei Makiriti. Makir generò Galaad. Da Galaad discende la famiglia dei Galaaditi.
30
Questi sono i figliuoli di Galaad: Jezer, da cui discende la famiglia degli Jezeriti; Helek, da cui discende la famiglia degli Helekiti;