Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah. The name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. And Saphan. S. Jerom seems to have taken them for women. If they were the sons of Hir, (verse 12) Machir probably adopted them. Hebrew “Machir took a wife from Happhim,” and so forth But does one woman marry two men? Syr. and Arab. “Machir took a wife one of the sisters of Huphim and Suphim, (the great and powerful) named Maacha.” Calmet.—Prot. “the sister of Huppim … whose sister’s name was Maachah.” Bible.—Hebrew may have this sense, with a small alteration. Calmet.—Le Clerc thinks that the name of the woman has been lost, and the text altered.—Second. This also seems defective, as no first had been mentioned. Calmet.—Two intervened between Machir and Salphaad, namely, Galaad and Hepher, (Numbers 26:29 and 27:1. Menochius.) so that Salphaad was his great-grandson. Bible.