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Now this was the lot for the tribe of aManasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
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Genesis 41:51, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:17
Genesis 41
51
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."
Genesis 46
20aNow to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
Genesis 48
17
When Joseph saw that his father alaid his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.