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Helek

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Numbers 26:30 names him among the sons of Gilead; the family of the Helekites came from him. Joshua 17:2 gives the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families as the children of Abiezer, of Helek, of Asriel, of Shechem, of Hepher and of Shemida, and calls them “the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.”

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JOS 17:1–2, engwebp
¹This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
²So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for the children of Asriel, for the children of Shechem, for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida. These were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.
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NUM 26:28–37, engwebp
²⁸The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
²⁹The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
³⁰These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
³¹and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
³²and Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
³³Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
³⁴These are the families of Manasseh. Those who were counted of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
³⁵These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
³⁶These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
³⁷These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were counted of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
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Gilead (son of Machir) — Father of — Helek

Evidence: Numbers 26:28–37

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Numbers 26:30 Open that verse

These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

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So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for the children of Asriel, for the children of Shechem, for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida. These were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

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Entry: Helek (person-helek)
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Current wording: Numbers 26:30 names him among the sons of Gilead; the family of the Helekites came from him. Joshua 17:2 gives the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families as the children of Abiezer, of Helek, of Asriel, of Shechem, of Hepher and of Shemida, and calls them “the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.”
Cited evidence: JOS 17:1–2, engwebp / NUM 26:28–37, engwebp
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