Biography of Manasseh -

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Manasseh or Menashe
(מְנַשּׁ
ֶה, Samaritan Hebrew Manatch, Standard
Hebrew Mənašše, Tiberian Hebrew
Mənaššeh: from
נשני
naššānÃ® "who makes to forget")
was the name of several individuals from the Old
Testament. 

#The elder of the two sons of Joseph
(dreamer)|Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were
afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons
(Genesis 48:1). There is an account of his
marriage to a Syrian (Books of Chronicles|1
Chronicles 7:14); and the only thing afterwards
recorded of him is, that his grandchildren were
"brought up upon Joseph's knees" (Gen. 50:23;
R.V., "born upon Joseph's knees") i.e., were from
their birth adopted by Joseph as his own children.
He is considered the founder of the Tribe of
Manasseh.
#Manasseh of Judah, the king of kingdom of
Judah|Judah.
#In Book of Judges|Judges 18:30 the correct
reading could possibly read "Moses," and not
"Manasseh." Some scholars believe that the name
"Manasseh" was introduced by a transcriber to
avoid the scandal of naming the grandson of Moses
the great lawgiver as the founder of an idolatrous
religion.

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Biography of Manasseh -