Manasseh Facts for 3-8 Year Olds

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• Manasseh is the first son of Joseph and Asenath.
• His name means “forgetful.”
• Joseph takes his two sons to see his father.
• Jacob adopts them and blesses them.
• This means that Manasseh will be considered equal to Jacob’s other sons.
• Manasseh is the ancestor of the Tribe of Manasseh.
• The tribe increases by 20,000 men during the years they were in the wilderness.
• Around 1200 BCE, Joshua divides the land among the tribes.
• Manasseh occupies land on both sides of the Jordan River.
• The two sides are almost completely disconnected.
• The western half is immediately north of Ephraim.
• The eastern half is where the the northernmost tribe lives - on the east side of the Jordan.
• Both lands have lots of water, which makes them very valuable to the northern kingdom.
• The Assyrians capture the eastern territory in 732 BCE.
• The western territory is captured in 723 BCE.
• All the inhabitants are resettled in Assyria.
• Some believe that the Samaritans are descendants from this tribe.