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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/32.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/32.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/32.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The people of Jair, another clan of the tribe of Manasseh, captured many of the towns in Gilead and changed the name of that region to the Towns of Jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth Jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />[The sons of] Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns (tent villages) and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages, which he renamed Jair’s Villages.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages, which he renamed Jair&#8217s Villages.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jair from the Manasseh tribe captured villages and renamed them "Villages of Jair." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured the settlements in Gilead. He called them Havvoth Jair [Settlements of Jair].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jair, of the tribe of Manasseh, attacked and captured some villages and named them "Villages of Jair." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Manasseh's son Jair captured their towns and renamed them Havvoth-jair. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their small towns and named them Havvoth Jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth Jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jair son of Manasseh has gone and captures their towns, and calls them “Towns of Jair”;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jair son of Manasseh hath gone and captureth their towns, and calleth them 'Towns of Jair;'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went, and he will take their villages, and he will call them the villages of Jair.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Jair the son of Manasses went, and took the villages thereof, and he called them Havoth Jair, that is to say, the villages of Jair. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But Jair, the son of Manasseh, went out and occupied its villages, which he called Havoth Jair, that is, the Villages of Jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their tent villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and renamed them Havvoth-jair.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took their villages, and called them Caproney Jair (hamlets of Jair, to this day).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yair, son of Menasheh, went and conquered their villages and he called them Capharunay d’Yair –“Hamlets of Yair” until today.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the villages thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Jair the <i>son</i> of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/32-41.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=10171" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/32.htm">The Tribes East of the Jordan</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">40</span>So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there. <span class="reftext">41</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2971.htm" title="2971: wə·yā·’îr (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- He enlightens, three Isr. From 'owr; enlightener; Jair, the name of four Israelites.">Jair,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">a descendant</a> <a href="/hebrew/4519.htm" title="4519: mə·naš·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- From nashah; causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">of Manasseh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/3920.htm" title="3920: way·yil·kōḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To capture, seize, take. A primitive root; to catch; generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose; figuratively, to cohere.">and captured</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2333.htm" title="2333: ḥaw·wō·ṯê·hem (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- A tent village. Properly, the same as Chavvah; by implication, an encampment or village.">their villages</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and called</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·hen (DirObjM:: 3fp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2334.htm" title="2334: ḥaw·wōṯ (N-fpc) -- From the plural of chavvah and a modification of Ya'uwr; hamlets of Jair, a region of Palestine.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2334.htm" title="2334: yā·’îr (N-proper-ms) -- From the plural of chavvah and a modification of Ya'uwr; hamlets of Jair, a region of Palestine.">Havvoth-jair.</a> </span><span class="reftext">42</span>And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14</a></span><br />Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Joshua 13:30</a></span><br />The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/10-3.htm">Judges 10:3-4</a></span><br />Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. / He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-21.htm">1 Chronicles 2:21-23</a></span><br />Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub. / Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. / But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13</a></span><br />Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-11.htm">1 Chronicles 5:11-17</a></span><br />The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah: / Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Jaanai and Shaphat, who lived in Bashan. / Their kinsmen by families were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-33.htm">2 Kings 10:33</a></span><br />from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/60-7.htm">Psalm 60:7</a></span><br />Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/108-8.htm">Psalm 108:8</a></span><br />Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-28.htm">Matthew 19:28</a></span><br />Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-30.htm">Luke 22:30</a></span><br />so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a></span><br />And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm">Hebrews 11:32-34</a></span><br />And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-12.htm">Revelation 21:12</a></span><br />The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/7-4.htm">Revelation 7:4-8</a></span><br />And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel: / From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000, / from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.</p><p class="hdg">Jair</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14</a></b></br> Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Joshua 13:30</a></b></br> And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which <i>are</i> in Bashan, threescore cities:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/2-21.htm">1 Chronicles 2:21-23</a></b></br> And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he <i>was</i> threescore years old; and she bare him Segub… </p><p class="hdg">Havoth-jair</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Judges 10:4</a></b></br> And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which <i>are</i> in the land of Gilead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/4-13.htm">1 Kings 4:13</a></b></br> The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him <i>pertained</i> the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which <i>are</i> in Gilead; to him <i>also pertained</i> the region of Argob, which <i>is</i> in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/32-39.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-10.htm">Captureth</a> <a href="/numbers/26-59.htm">Descendant</a> <a href="/genesis/25-16.htm">Hamlets</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Havothjair</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Havoth-Jair</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-23.htm">Havvoth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-23.htm">Havvoth-Jair</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Hav'voth-Ja'ir</a> <a href="/esther/2-5.htm">Ja'ir</a> <a href="/numbers/32-40.htm">Manasseh</a> <a href="/numbers/32-40.htm">Manas'seh</a> <a href="/genesis/35-7.htm">Naming</a> <a href="/numbers/31-10.htm">Settlements</a> <a href="/numbers/26-54.htm">Small</a> <a href="/numbers/32-33.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/numbers/32-38.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/numbers/21-32.htm">Villages</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/32-42.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/numbers/32-42.htm">Captureth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">Descendant</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-23.htm">Hamlets</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Havothjair</a> <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Havoth-Jair</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Havvoth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Havvoth-Jair</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Hav'voth-Ja'ir</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Ja'ir</a> <a href="/numbers/34-14.htm">Manasseh</a> <a href="/numbers/34-14.htm">Manas'seh</a> <a href="/numbers/32-42.htm">Naming</a> <a href="/numbers/32-42.htm">Settlements</a> <a href="/numbers/32-42.htm">Small</a> <a href="/numbers/32-42.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/numbers/32-42.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/numbers/32-42.htm">Villages</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 32</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/32-1.htm">The Reubenites and Gadites ask for inheritance on the east side of Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/32-6.htm">Moses reproves them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/32-16.htm">They offer him conditions with which he is content</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/32-33.htm">Moses assigns them the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/32-39.htm">They conquer it.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This connection to Manasseh places Jair within the tribe that settled on the east side of the Jordan River. The tribe of Manasseh was known for its valor and significant role in the conquest of Canaan. Jair's lineage highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham regarding the multiplication and settlement of his descendants. The genealogical link to Manasseh also emphasizes the continuity of God's covenant with the patriarchs.<p><b>went and captured their villages</b><br>Jair's military action in capturing the villages demonstrates the ongoing conquest and settlement of the Promised Land by the Israelites. This act of capturing territory is part of the broader narrative of Israel's expansion and establishment in the land God promised to them. The capture of these villages signifies the fulfillment of divine promises and the Israelites' obedience to God's command to take possession of the land. It also reflects the tribal leadership and initiative in securing their inheritance.<p><b>and called them Havvoth-jair</b><br>The naming of the villages as Havvoth-jair, which means "villages of Jair," signifies ownership and the establishment of a legacy. Naming places was a common practice in ancient times, often reflecting personal achievements or divine encounters. This act of naming not only marks the territory as belonging to Jair but also serves as a memorial of his accomplishments. The name Havvoth-jair is mentioned in other biblical passages, such as <a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14</a> and <a href="/judges/10-3.htm">Judges 10:3-4</a>, indicating the lasting impact of Jair's actions and the continued recognition of his contribution to Israel's history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jair.htm">Jair</a></b><br>A descendant of Manasseh, one of the tribes of Israel. Jair is noted for capturing villages and naming them Havvoth-jair, which means "villages of Jair."<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/manasseh.htm">Manasseh</a></b><br>One of the tribes of Israel, named after one of Joseph's sons. The tribe of Manasseh was known for its valor and significant contributions to the conquest of the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/havvoth-jair.htm">Havvoth-jair</a></b><br>This term refers to the group of villages captured by Jair. The name signifies Jair's influence and leadership in the region.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_legacy.htm">Leadership and Legacy</a></b><br>Jair's actions demonstrate the importance of strong leadership and the legacy one can leave through decisive action and faithfulness to God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/claiming_god's_promises.htm">Claiming God's Promises</a></b><br>Jair's capture of the villages is a testament to claiming the promises God has given. Believers are encouraged to step out in faith and take hold of what God has promised them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/influence_and_naming.htm">Influence and Naming</a></b><br>The act of naming the villages Havvoth-jair signifies the influence and authority Jair had. It reminds us of the power of influence and the importance of leaving a godly legacy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Jair's conquest is an example of faith in action. It encourages believers to actively pursue God's will and trust in His provision and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 32</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_tola,_jair,_ibzan,_elon,_abdon.htm">Who were Tola, Jair, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_jair's_30_sons_rule_30_cities.htm">(Judges 10:4) How feasible is it that Jair had thirty sons, all uniquely ruling thirty cities with their own donkeys? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/any_historical_proof_of_moses'_warnings.htm">Numbers 32:23: Are there any historical or archaeological records that corroborate Moses' warnings about sin and its consequences for these tribes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_tribe_of_manasseh_important.htm">What is the significance of the Tribe of Manasseh?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(41) <span class= "bld">And Jair the son of Manasseh . . . --</span>Jair was the son of Segub, the son of Hezron, who married the daughter of Machir, the son of Manasseh (<a href="/context/1_chronicles/2-21.htm" title="And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was three score years old; and she bore him Segub.">1Chronicles 2:21-22</a>). Jair was, therefore, the great-grandson of Manasseh, and was one of those Israelites who were reckoned as belonging to their maternal tribe.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 41.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Jair the son of Manasseh.</span> This hero of Manasseh is mentioned here for the first time; in <a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14</a> his conquests are somewhat more fully described. His genealogy, which is instructive and suggestive, is given here. <p> <p>It will be seen that Segub, the father of Jair, was a Machirite in the female line only. His father Hezron, according to <a href="/1_chronicles/2-21.htm">1 Chronicles 2:21</a>, married the daughter of Manasseh in his old age, when his elder sons were probably already fathers of families. It may probably be conjectured also that Manasseh, who must have inherited exceptional wealth (cf. <a href="/genesis/48-17.htm">Genesis 48:17</a>), and had but one grandson, left a large portion to his grand-daughter, the young wife of Hezron. It was therefore very natural that Segub should have attached himself to the fortunes of his mother's tribe. Is it not also very probable that Machir had other daughters (cf. <a href="/genesis/1-23.htm">Genesis 1:23</a>), who also inherited large portions from their grandfather, and whose husbands were willing enough to enter into a family which had apparently brighter prospects than any others? If so, it would account at once for the existence of a large family of Machirites not descended from Gilead, and not on the most friendly terms with the rest of the tribe. It is quite possible that many of the more adventurous spirits amongst the tribe of Judah joined themselves to a family whose reputation and exploits they might naturally claim as their own (see on Joshua 19:34). <span class="cmt_word">The small towns thereof,</span> or, "their villages." Septuagint, <span class="greek">τὰς ἐπαύλεις αὐτῶν</span>, i.e. the hamlets of the Amorites who dwelt in Argob (<a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Deuteronomy 3:14</a>), the modern district of el Lejja, on the north-western waters of the Yermuk or Hieromax. <span class="cmt_word">And called them Havoth-jair.</span> <span class="hebrew">חָוּתֹ יָאִיר</span>. Septuagint, <span class="greek">τὰς ἐπαύλεις Ἰαίρ</span>, and so the Targums. The word <span class="accented">chavvoth</span> only occurs in this connection, and is supposed by some to be the plural of <span class="hebrew">חַוָּה</span>, "life." There does not, however, seem to be anything except the very doubtful analogy of certain German names in favour of the rendering "Jair's lives." It is more likely the corruption of some more ancient name. There is some discrepancy in subsequent references to the Chavvoth-jair. According to <a href="/1_chronicles/2-22.htm">1 Chronicles 2:22</a>, Jair had twenty-three towns in Gilead; from <a href="/judges/10-4.htm">Judges 10:4</a> it appears that the sons of the later Jair had thirty cities "in the land of Gilead" which went under the name of Chavvoth-jair; while in <a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Joshua 13:30</a> "all the Chavvoth-jair which are in Bashan" are reckoned at sixty. The plausible, though not wholly satisfactory, explanation is, that the conquests of Nobah came to be subsequently included in those of his more famous contemporary, and the vague name of Chavvoth-jair extended to all the towns in that part of Gilead, and of Bashan too (see notes on the passages cited). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/32-41.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Jair,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָאִ֤יר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·’îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2971.htm">Strong's 2971: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jair -- 'he enlightens', three Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a descendant</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Manasseh,</span><br /><span class="heb">מְנַשֶּׁה֙</span> <span class="translit">(mə·naš·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4519.htm">Strong's 4519: </a> </span><span class="str2">Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went</span><br /><span class="heb">הָלַ֔ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and captured</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yil·kōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3920.htm">Strong's 3920: </a> </span><span class="str2">To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their villages</span><br /><span class="heb">חַוֺּתֵיהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaw·wō·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2333.htm">Strong's 2333: </a> </span><span class="str2">An encampment, village</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and called</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְרָ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">חַוֺּ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaw·wōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">Havvoth-jair.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָאִֽיר׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·’îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2334.htm">Strong's 2334: </a> </span><span class="str2">Havvoth-jair -- 'tent villages of Jair', an area East of the Jordan</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/32-41.htm">Numbers 32:41 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/32-41.htm">OT Law: Numbers 32:41 Jair the son of Manasseh went (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/32-40.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 32:40"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 32:40" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/32-42.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 32:42"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 32:42" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>