Manasseh
firstborn son of Joseph (GEN 41:51)
PersonTribe of Manassehmale70 verses
Names
- Manasseh — מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה mənaseh “one that makes to forget” (H4519) · Μανασση Manassē
Family
- father of Machir (son of Manasseh) (inferred)
- father of Asriel (son of Manasseh) (inferred)
Ancestry
- ancestor of Pedahzur (inferred)
- ancestor of Susi
- ancestor of Jair (captured the region of Argob and called it…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Ephod (inferred)
- ancestor of Epher (head of households in Manasseh) (inferred)
- ancestor of Ishi (head of households in Manasseh) (inferred)
- ancestor of Eliel (head of households in Manasseh) (inferred)
- ancestor of Azriel (head of households in Manasseh) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jeremiah (head of households in Manasseh) (inferred)
- ancestor of Hodaviah (head of households in Manasseh) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jahdiel (inferred)
- ancestor of Adnah (captain of thousands who defected to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jozabad (captain of thousands who defected to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jediael (captain of thousands who defected to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Michael (captain of thousands who defected to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jozabad (captain of thousands who defected to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Elihu (captain of thousands who defected to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Zillethai (captain of thousands who defected to David) (inferred)
- ancestor of Pedaiah (father of Joel) (inferred)
- ancestor of Zechariah (father of Iddo) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Manasseh* — 2,297 AH · 1,715 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Genesis 41:50
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Bashan — 11 shared verses
- Gilead 1 — 11 shared verses
- Jordan — 7 shared verses
- Canaan — 3 shared verses
- Havvoth-jair — 3 shared verses
- Argob — 2 shared verses
- Ashtaroth — 2 shared verses
- Egypt — 2 shared verses
- Geliloth — 2 shared verses
- Golan — 2 shared verses
- Taanach — 2 shared verses
- Aner — 1 shared verse
and 16 further places named alongside this person.
Appearances
- Genesis 41:51
- Genesis 46:20
- Genesis 48:1
- Genesis 48:5
- Genesis 48:13
- Genesis 48:14
- Genesis 48:17
- Genesis 48:20
- Genesis 50:23
- Numbers 1:10
- Numbers 1:34
- Numbers 1:35
and 58 further references.