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Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”
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In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
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Manasseh and Ephraim
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.
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“Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
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And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him.
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But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.
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When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
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He blessed them that day and said, “In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
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and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.
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from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
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From the descendants of Manasseh: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
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The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.
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The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
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On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the people of Manasseh, brought his offering.
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Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
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from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
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The descendants of Joseph by their clans through Manasseh and Ephraim were:
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The descendants of Manasseh: through Makir, the Makirite clan (Makir was the father of Gilead); through Gilead, the Gileadite clan.
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These were the clans of Manasseh; those numbered were 52,700.
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Zelophehad’s Daughters
The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. They came forward
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Then Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the whole land with its cities and the territory around them.
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The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites who were there.
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So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there.
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Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.
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because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.
