Joshua
Joshua 17:2KJV·traditional attribution

There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.

Matthew Henry Presbyterian

Manasseh was Joseph's firstborn, yet Jacob preferred Ephraim; so he received a double portion, half already settled beyond Jordan under Machir, a man of war who won Gilead and Bashan through valor. The other half, on this side Jordan, was divided among ten families descended from Gilead's six sons, though one line failed and passed to five daughters of Zelophehad, each inheriting her share.

AI summary

Commenting on Joshua 17:1-6

John Gill Reformed Baptist

There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families,.... For such that had no part in Gilead and Bashan on the other side Jordan, even for the other half tribe, whose families are particularly mentioned, as follows: for the children of Abiezer; who is called Jeezer in Num 26:30; and was a son of Gilead, the son of...

Geneva Bible Notes Reformed

There was also [a lot] for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these [were] the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.