Gilead גִּלְעָד

Gilead was the son of Machir, grandson of Manasseh, and father of six sons who became the heads of Gileadite clans.

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Where Gilead appears

1 Chronicles (4), Numbers (3), Joshua (2)

Key verses

• Numbers 26:29 first mention — Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
• Numbers 26:30 — These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
• Numbers 27:1 — Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
• Joshua 17:1 — There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
• Joshua 17:3 — But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
• 1 Chronicles 2:21 — And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
• 1 Chronicles 2:23 — And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
• 1 Chronicles 7:14 — The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
• 1 Chronicles 7:17 — And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.