Numbers 26:28-30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

The sons of Joseph ... Machir - son of Manasseh by a Syrian concubine (Genesis 46:20; Septuagint; also 1 Chronicles 7:14).

Gilead - [Septuagint, Galaad.]

Jeezer - or Abiezer (1 Chronicles 7:18: cf. Judges 6:34; Judges 8:2). The Jeezerites seem at one time to have been the principal family of the tribe (Joshua 17:2) [Septuagint, Achiezer].

Helek - [Septuagint, Cheleg.] The Helekites also appear to have been a family of influence (Joshua 17:2).

Numbers 26:28-30

28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer,h the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: