Numbers 32 · Verse 41

Numbers 32:41

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.
Numbers 32:41, King James Version

Numbers 32:41 in other translations

BSBJair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
WEBJair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.
ASVAnd Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.
YLTAnd Jair son of Manasseh hath gone and captureth their towns, and calleth them ‘Towns of Jair;'
DARBYAnd Jair the son of Manasseh went and took their hamlets, and called them Havoth-Jair.
BBEAnd Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.
WebsterAnd Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth-jair.

What does Numbers 32:41 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
41. Havoth-jair--that is, "tent-villages." Jair, who captured them, was a descendant of Manasseh on his mother's side (1Ch 1:21, 22).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 41 Havoth-jair - That is, the villages or habitations of Jair; and thus they should have been translated. As these two tribes and a half were the first, says Ainsworth, who had their inheritance assigned to them in the promised land, so they were the first of all Israel that were carried captive out of their own land, because of their sins. "For they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after other gods. And God delivered them into the hands of Pul and Tiglath-Pilneser, kings of Assyria, and they brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and Gozan, unto this day." See 1Chr 5:25, 1Chr 5:26.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 32:28-42

Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe, that they built the cities, that is, repaired them. They changed the names of them; probably they were idolatrous, therefore they should be forgotten. A spirit of selfishness, of seeking our own, not the things of Christ, when each one ought to assist others, is as dangerous as it is common. It is impossible to be sincere in the faith, sensible of the goodness of…

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Numbers 32:41 in the original Hebrew

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וְיָאִ֤ירve.ya.'Irand JairH2971
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
מְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehManassehH4519
הָלַ֔ךְha.Lakhhe wentH1980
וַיִּלְכֹּ֖דvai.yil.Kodand he capturedH3920
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חַוֹּתֵיהֶ֑םcha.vo.tei.Hemvillages theirH2333
וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
אֶתְהֶ֖ן'et.Hen<obj.> themH853
חַוֹּ֥תcha.VotHavvothH2334
יָאִֽיר\׃ya.'IrJairH2334

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 32:41

  • Deuteronomy 3:14

    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, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.

  • Judges 10:4

    And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth–jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

  • Joshua 13:30

    And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

  • 1 Kings 4:13

    The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

  • 1 Chronicles 2:21-23

    And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jair.
De 3:14; Jos 13:30; 1Ch 2:21-23
Havoth-jair.
Jud 10:4; 1Ki 4:13

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Context

  • Numbers 32:40

    And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

  • Numbers 32:41

    And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.

  • Numbers 32:42

    And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

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Numbers 32:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		También Jair hijo de Manasés fué y tomó sus aldeas, y púsoles por nombre Havoth-jair.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jaïr, fils de Manassé, alla, et prit leurs bourgs, et les appela bourgs de Jaïr.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jair, der Sohn Manasses, zog hin und nahm ihre Dörfer ein und nannte sie Dörfer Jairs.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Jair autem filius Manasse abiit, et occupavit vicos ejus, quos appellavit Havoth Jair, id est, Villas Jair.