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Manasseh Scripture - Numbers 34:14

For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received [their inheritance]; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:...

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Manasseh Scripture - 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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Manasseh Scripture - Judges 11:29

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over [unto] the children of Ammon....

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Manasseh in Wikipedia

Manasseh is an Ancient Hebrew male name, meaning "causing to forget".[1] Manasseh may refer to: Manasseh (tribal patriarch), a son of Joseph, according to the Torah the Tribe of Manasseh, an Israelite tribe Manasseh of Judah, a king of the kingdom of Judah. Manasseh (High Priest), the ancestor of a priest named Jonathan, mentioned in the Book of...

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Manasseh in Easton's Bible Dictionary

who makes to forget. "God hath made me forget" (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1). There is an account of his marriage to a Syrian (1 Chr. 7:14); and the only thing afterwards recorded of him is, that his grandchildren w...

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Manasseh in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("causing to forget".) Joseph's firstborn by Asenath, whose birth "made him forget all his toil and all (the sorrow he endured through) his father's house" (Genesis 41:51). Jacob adopted them as his own, though "horn in Egypt" and by an alien to Israel (Genesis 48:5; Genesis 48:9); "as Reuben and Simeon they shall be mine," i.e. patriarchal he...

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Manasseh in Hitchcock's Bible Names

forgetfulness; he that is forgotten...

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Manasseh in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ma-nas'-e (menashsheh, "causing to forget"; compare Gen 41:51; Man(n)asse): (1) The firstborn of Joseph by Asenath, daughter of Poti- phera, priest of On. See next article. (2) The tribe named from Manasseh, half of which, with Gad and Reuben, occupied the East of Jordan (Nu 27:1, etc.). See next article. (3) The "Manasseh" of Jdg 18:30,31 the K...

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Manasseh in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Joseph and Asenath Ge 41:50,51; 46:20 Adopted by Jacob on his deathbed Ge 48:1,5-20 Called MANASSES Re 7:6 -2. Tribe of Descendants of Joseph -(The two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, were reckoned equally among the primogenitors of the twelve tribes (taking the places of Joseph and Levi)) Adopted by Jacob Ge 48:5 Pr...

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Manasseh in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(forgetting), the eldest son of Joseph, Ge 41:51; 46:20 born 1715-10 B.C. Both he and Ephraim were born before the commencement of the famine. He was placed after his younger brother, Ephraim, by his grandfather Jacob, when he adopted them into his own family, and made them heads of tribes. Whether the elder of the two sons was inferior in for...

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