Gilead to Machir] If Machir the eldest sonne of Manasseh were dead by this time, (and so he was, or else he was very old) his sonnes mentioned, vers. 39. might be entitled to his name, as taking Machir for the 〈◊〉of Machir; as Jacobs posteritie is called by the name of Israel, or Jacob; and Ephraims by the name of Ephraim. See Anot. on Deuteronomy 3:12.