Ver. 28-34. The sons of Joseph, after their families, were Manasseh and Ephraim.<\/strong> Manasseh is here mentioned first, though Ephraim was preferred to him by Jacob, and the standard belonged to him; not because he was the firstborn, but because he had now the greater increase, though he had but one son, Machir, of whom was the family of the Machirites, and a grandson, whose name was Gilead, from whom was the family of the Gileadites, and who had six sons; of whom were the families of the Jeezerite, Halekite, Asrielite, Shechemite, Shemidaite, and Hepherite. Hepher, of whom was the last, had a son named Zelophehad, but he had no son, only five daughters, whose names are given; the number of men in this tribe, of twenty years old and upwards, fit for war, was 52,700, so that the increase was 20,500, a large increase indeed!<\/p>\n Verses 28-34:<\/strong><\/p>\n In the list in 1Ch 7:14-17, it appears that the mother of Machir was from the country of Aram, the home of Jacob’s father-in-law Laban. This may explain the name of Machir’s son, Gilead, as indicative of the territory between Palestine and Aram. ‘<\/p>\n In the census recorded in Nu 1, Ephraim is listed first.<\/p>\n The census lists 52,700 men of Manasseh. The earlier census listed 32,200. This was a large increase of 20,500. Scripture gives no explanation of this growth.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 28. The sons of Joseph after their families. The comparison of the two tribes, which sprang from the same head, is worthy of notice. By the fact that Manasseh was the father of only one son, (194) the prophecy of Jacob, when he declared that the first-born should be inferior to his younger brother Ephraim, began already to receive its accomplishment. Nevertheless, God’s blessing extended far and wide for the increase of his family, so that they exceeded the tribe of Reuben in number. But further, though the larger number of children ( πολυτεκνία) in which the descendants of Ephraim were superior, was a kind of type of his promised fecundity, still the excellency and dignity, of which Jacob prophesied, was deferred to a distant period; since in this respect the tribe of Ephraim was inferior by about a third, whereas a more numerous issue had been promised him. Although, therefore, God had not spoken in vain, yet the fulfillment of His promise did not immediately appear. <\/p>\n In the tribe of Dan, however, the incredible power of God was put forth. He was contemptible among his brethren; and thence it was an extraordinary blessing accorded to him in the shape of an honorable degree and name, when Jacob declares that “Dan shall judge his people.” (Gen 49:16<\/span>.) He is said to have begotten only one son; yet his posterity exceeds 64,000. <\/p>\n (194) There appears to be an oversight here: see Jos 17:1<\/span>. <\/p>\n 28<\/strong>. <\/strong> The sons of Joseph <\/strong> Manasseh and Ephraim, because of their adoption by Jacob as his own sons, (Genesis 48<\/span>,) were raised to the dignity of tribe founders. Num 1:10<\/span>, note.<\/p>\n Manasseh comes before Ephraim here, because the tribe had increased. In Num 2:18, Num 2:20 Ephraim comes first, because he was the standard-bearer, and because of the blessing (Gen 48:14). <\/p>\n Gen 41:51, Gen 41:52, Gen 46:20, Gen 48:5, Gen 48:13-20 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 48:16 – a multitude<\/p>\n The sons of Joseph after their families [were] Manasseh and Ephraim. Ver. 28-34. The sons of Joseph, after their families, were Manasseh and Ephraim. 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