“And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.”
King James Version (KJV)
32:38 Their names changed - Either because conquerers of places used to do so: or because the names of other Gods (which Nebo and Baal - meon unquestionably were) were not to be mentioned, #Exo 23:13|.
32:40 Machir - Not to Machir himself, who doubtless was long since dead, but the family or posterity of Machir.
And the children of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, went to Gilead, and tooke it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
The sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and took it, driving out the Amorites who were living there.
- Basic English Bible
-- And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, And took it, And they dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
- Darby Bible
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite who was in it.
- Webster's Bible
The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
- World English Bible
And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite, who [is] in it;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible