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Machir (I)

I. MACHIR, Son of Manasseh, and Grandson of the Patriarch Joseph, chief and Prince of the Family of the Machirites. His Sons were Peresh and Sheresh, and he had a Daughter that was married to Hezron of the Tribe of Judah. She was Mother to Segub, and Grandmother to Jair. See 1 Chron. ii. 21, 22. vii. 16.

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