Traces
Joseph (OT) and Milcah
How Joseph (OT) and Milcah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Joseph (OT) was an ancestor of Milcah.
Milcah descended from Joseph by way of Manasseh. She and her sisters married within "the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph", so the land stayed in the tribe.
the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph
Numbers 27:1, King James Version
the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph
Numbers 36:12, King James Version
Where they cross: Numbers 36:11-12
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Numbers 27:1
1Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers 36:11-12
11For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
12And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
King James Version