King James Version
Numbers 26:28 in the King James Version says “The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.”
Numbers 26:28 · KJV
Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“after their families”
H4940a family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
“were Manasseh”
H4519menashsheh, a grandson of jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“and Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
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