John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead:" — 1 Chronicles 7:14 (ASV)
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bore. The wife of Manasseh, as distinguished from his concubine in the next clause; though the Targum reads, in connection with that, 'whom his Aramitess (or Syrian) concubine bore;'' and then adds,
who also bore Machir the father of Gilead; so that Ashriel and Machir were brethren; from which Ashriel sprung the family of the Ashrielites, (Numbers 26:29Numbers 26:31) as from Machir the Machirites, (Numbers 26:29Numbers 26:31) .