a lot. the lot. Compare Joshua 16:1, above.
firstborn of Joseph. Genesis 41:51; Genesis 46:20; Genesis 50:23. Nah 32:39.
man. Hebrew. ish. App-14.
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Joshua 17:1
1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.