Nave’s Topical Bible
Manasseh
33 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Son of Joseph and Asenath
Genesis 41:50-51; Genesis 46:20
- Adopted by Jacob on his deathbed
- Called MANASSES
- Tribe of
Descendants of Joseph
(The two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, were reckoned Equally among the primogenitors of the twelve tribes (taking The places of Joseph and Levi))
- Adopted by Jacob
- Prophecy concerning
- Enumeration of
- Place of, in camp and march
- Blessing or Moses on
- Inheritance of
- One-half of tribe east of the Jordan River
- One-half of tribe west of Jordan River
- The eastern half assists in the conquest of the country west Of the Jordan River
Join the other eastern tribes in erecting a monument to Testify to the unity of all Israel
Misunderstood
- Make satisfactory explanation
- Join Gideon in war with the Midianites
- Malcontents of, join David
- Struck down by Hazael
- Return from captivity
- Reallotment of the territory to, by Hazael
- Return from captivity
- Reallotment of territory to, by Ezekiel
- Affiliate with the Jews in the reign of Hezekiah
- Incorporated into kingdom of Judah
- (MOSES, RSV) Father of Gershom
- King of Judah
- History of
- Two Jews who put away (divorced) their Gentile wives after The captivity
Bible verses about “Manasseh”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 41:50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.
- Genesis 41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
- Genesis 46:20And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.
- Genesis 48:1And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
- Genesis 48:5And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
- Genesis 48:6And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
- Genesis 48:7And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth–lehem.
- Genesis 48:8And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
- Genesis 48:9And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
- Genesis 48:10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
- Genesis 48:11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
- Genesis 48:12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
- Genesis 48:13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
- Genesis 48:14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Genesis 48:15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
- Genesis 48:16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
- Genesis 48:17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
- Genesis 48:18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
- Genesis 48:19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
- Genesis 48:20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
- Revelation 7:6Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
- Genesis 49:25Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
- Genesis 49:26The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
- Numbers 1:34Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
- Numbers 1:35Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
- Numbers 26:29Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
- Numbers 26:30These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
- Numbers 26:31And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
- Numbers 26:32And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
- Numbers 26:33And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Numbers 26:34These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
- Numbers 2:18On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 2:20And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
- Numbers 10:22And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 10:23And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
- Deuteronomy 33:13And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
- Deuteronomy 33:14And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
- Deuteronomy 33:15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
- Deuteronomy 33:16And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
- Deuteronomy 33:17His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.