Numbers 32:40

Verse 40. In it, by means of his descendants. For Machir must have been above 250 years old, if he were still alive. Many children are attributed to Machir and his father, Manasses, who were not their immediate offspring. The latter had only Machir, who survived him; Ezriel was probably a grandson of Machir, as he is styled the son of Galaad. Calmet. 26:31. Joshua 17:2. See 1 Chronicles 7. Adoptive and legal children are often confounded with those who are really born of a person, as also those places which are inhabited by his posterity. Calmet.