Numbers 26:28

What does Numbers 26:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 26:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Sons of Joseph by their families <FI>are<Fi> Manasseh and Ephraim.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The sons of Joseph by their kindred, Manasses and Ephraim.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The sons of Joseph, after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

Context

v.27These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

v.28This passage

v.29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 48:5

    And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.

  • Genesis 41:51

    And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

  • Genesis 46:20

    And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him.

  • Genesis 48:13

    And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.

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