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ויהי1961 הגורל1486 למטה4294 מנשׁה4519 כי3588 הוא1931 בכור1060 יוסף3130 למכיר4353 בכור1060 מנשׁה4519 אבי1  הגלעד1568  כי3588  הוא1931  היה1961  אישׁ376  מלחמה4421  ויהי1961  לו  הגלעד1568 והבשׁן׃1316

Ge 41:51; 46:20; 48:18 De 21:17

Verse 1. There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh] It was necessary to mark this because Jacob, in his blessing, (Gen. xlviii. 19, 20), did in a certain sense set Ephraim before Manasseh, though the latter was the first-born; but the place here shows that this preference did not affect the rights of primogeniture.

For Machir-because he was a man of war] It is not likely that Machir himself was now alive; if he were, he must have been nearly 200 years old: It is therefore probable that what is spoken here is spoken of his children, who now possessed the lot that was originally designed for their father, who it appears had signalized himself as a man of skill and valor in some of the former wars, though the circumstances are not marked. His descendants, being of a warlike, intrepid spirit, were well qualified to defend a frontier country, which would be naturally exposed to invasion.

Ver. 1. There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh , etc.] As well as for the tribe of Ephraim: for he [was] the firstborn of Joseph ; and therefore ought to have his part and share in the lot of the children of Joseph, though Ephraim was preferred before him in the blessing of Jacob. Some think this is given as a reason why he had a double portion, one on the other side Jordan, and another in the land of Canaan: [to wit], for Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead ; who was the only son of Manasseh, and so through him, and by his son Gilead, the whole tribe sprung from that patriarch: and because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan ; which were given to his posterity by Moses, and lay on the other side Jordan, (see Deuteronomy 3:13,15). This Machir very likely had shown his warlike disposition and courage in Egypt, and had fought under the kings there against the common enemy of that country; for it is highly probable he was dead before the children of Israel came out from thence, but the same warlike spirit continued in his posterity; they had their part assigned them on the other side Jordan, to defend that country, while the tribes of Reuben and Gad attended to the care of their flocks and herds.

ויהי1961 הגורל1486 למטה4294 מנשׁה4519 כי3588 הוא1931 בכור1060 יוסף3130 למכיר4353 בכור1060 מנשׁה4519 אבי1  הגלעד1568  כי3588  הוא1931  היה1961  אישׁ376  מלחמה4421  ויהי1961  לו  הגלעד1568 והבשׁן׃1316