New Revised Standard Version
Then they came up to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks, and towns for our little ones,

Contemporary English Version
The men from Reuben and Gad replied: Let us build places to keep our sheep and goats, and towns for our wives and children,

New American Bible
But they approached him and said: “We will only build sheepfolds here for our flocks and towns for our families;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children:

But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children:

43,730 men; the tribe of Gad

40,500; and the tribe of Manasseh

52,700; the half of which is

26,350; which together amount to

110,580. Now from

Joshua 4:13 And forty thousand fighting men by their troops and bands, marched through the plains and fields of the city of Jericho.

we learn, that of these tribes only

40,000 armed men passed over Jordan to assist their brethren; consequently

70,580 men were left behind for the defence of the women, the children, and the flocks; which was amply sufficient for this purpose.

Genesis 34:22 One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

Genesis 33:17 And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents.