39The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
40So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.
41Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
— Numbers 32:39-41