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
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Los hijos de Zabulón por sus familias: de Sered, la familia de los Sereditas; de Elón, la familia de los Elonitas; de Jalel, la familia de los Jalelitas.
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Estas son las familias de los Zabulonitas, por sus contados, sesenta mil y quinientos.
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Los hijos de José por sus familias: Manasés y Ephraim.
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Los hijos de Manasés: de Machîr, la familia de los Machîritas; y Machîr engendró á Galaad; de Galaad, la familia de los Galaaditas.
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Estos son los hijos de Galaad: de Jezer, la familia de los Jezeritas; de Helec, la familia de los Helecitas;
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