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Naphtali’s Descendants

13 Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. They were Bilhah’s grandsons.

Manasseh’s Descendants Who Lived West of the Jordan River

14 Manasseh’s sons were Asriel and Machir. Their mother was Manasseh’s Aramean concubine.[a] Machir was the first to settle Gilead. 15 He married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His wife’s[b] name was Maacah. The name of his second son was Zelophehad. Zelophehad had only daughters.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:14 A concubine is considered a wife except she has fewer rights under the law.
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:15 Or “sister’s.”

Naphtali

13 The sons of Naphtali:(A)

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem[a]—the descendants of Bilhah.

Manasseh

14 The descendants of Manasseh:(B)

Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.(C) 15 Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah.

Another descendant was named Zelophehad,(D) who had only daughters.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:13 Some Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 46:24 and Num. 26:49); most Hebrew manuscripts Shallum