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Asriel (other)
Asriel (Hebrew origin: Helped by God), in the Bible is the son of Manasseh by his concubine, and founder of the clan of Asrielites. David Mandel ''Who's Who in the Jewish Bible'' 2010 - Page 46 0827610297 ...Asriel. (Hebrew origin: Helped by God) (Numbers 26:31) 17th century b.c.e. Asriel and Machir Machir or Makir ( ''Māḵîr'', "bartered") was the name of two figures in the Hebrew Bible: * Machir was the son of Manasseh (tribal patriarch), Manasseh, grandson of Joseph (son of Jacob), Joseph, and father of Gilead (Biblical figure), Gilead. ... were the two sons of Manasseh Asriel was the ancestor of the clan of the Asrielites. References Book of Numbers people {{Judaism-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manasseh (tribal Patriarch)
Manasseh or Menashe () was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Joseph and Asenath (). Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom the Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of On (). Manasseh was born in Egypt before the arrival of the children of Israel from Canaan (). Biblical narrative According to the biblical account in Genesis 41:51, the name ''Manasseh'' (given to him by Joseph) means "God has made me forget entirely my troubles and my father's house". Jacob, Joseph's father, adopted Joseph's two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to share in Jacob's inheritance equally with Jacob's own sons (). Manasseh is counted as the father of the Israelite Tribe of Manasseh, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Jacob also blessed Ephraim over his older brother (). Manasseh had a son, Asriel, with his wife; and Machir with his Aramean concubine (). and refer to a son called Jair, who "took all the region of Argob, as far as the border of the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machir
Machir or Makir ( ''Māḵîr'', "bartered") was the name of two figures in the Hebrew Bible: * Machir was the son of Manasseh (tribal patriarch), Manasseh, grandson of Joseph (son of Jacob), Joseph, and father of Gilead (Biblical figure), Gilead. Joseph lived to see and to play a part in the up-bringing of Machir and his children. In the Torah's account of the journey of the Israelites after the Exodus, Machir (the individual) is portrayed as conquering the territories known as Gilead and Bashan, which had previously been occupied by Amorites. Half of the tribe of Manasseh, those descended from Machir, are described as having settled in Gilead and Bashan, and consequently they were important in Gilead's history. * According to the Books of Samuel, Machir son of Ammiel was the name of a descendant of the Machir mentioned above, who resided at Lo-debar, Lo-Debar. The text states that here he looked after Meribaal, the son of Jonathan (1 Samuel), Jonathan, until David took over his car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |