1
Then the
lot for the
sons of
Joseph went from the
Jordan at
Jericho to the
waters of
Jericho on the
east into the
wilderness,
going up from
Jericho through the
hill country to
Bethel.
w{xyir.y !eD.r;Yim @esw{y yen.bil l'rw{G;h aeceY;w ? w{xyiryim h,l{[ r'B.diM;h h'x'r.zim w{xyir.y yem.l ? lea -tyeB r'h'B
2
It
went from
Bethel to
Luz, and
continued to the
border of the
Archites at
Ataroth.
l.Wb.G -l,a r;b'[.w h'z.Wl lea -tyeBim a'c'y.w ? tw{r'j][ yiK.r;a'h
3
It
went down westward to the
territory of the
Japhletites, as
far as the
territory of
lower Beth-horon even to
Gezer, and it
ended * at the
sea.
l.Wb.G d;[ yijel.p;Y;h l.Wb.G -l,a h'M'y -d;r'y.w ? w{t{a.c{t .Wy'h.w r,z'G -d;[.w !w{T.x;T !{rw{x -tyeB ? h'M'y
4
The
sons of
Joseph,
Manasseh and
Ephraim,
received their
inheritance.
~Iy'r.p,a.w h,V;n.m @esw{y -yen.b .Wl]x.niY;w
5
Now this was the
territory of the
sons of
Ephraim according to their
families: the
border of their
inheritance eastward was
Ataroth-addar, as
far as
upper Beth-horon.
yih.y;w ~'t{x.P.vim.l ~Iy;r.p,a -yen.B l.Wb.G yih.y;w ? tyeB -d;[ r'D;a tw{r.j;[ h'x'r.zim ~'t'l]x;n l.Wb.G ? !w{y.l,[ !{rw{x
6
Then the
border went westward at
Michmethath on the
north, and the
border turned about eastward to
Taanath-shiloh and
continued beyond it to the
east of
Janoah.
b;s'n.w !w{p'Cim t't.m.kiM;h h'M'Y;h l.Wb.G;h a'c'y.w ? w{tw{a r;b'[.w h{liv t;n]a;T h'x'r.zim l.Wb.G;h ? h'xw{n'y x;r.ziMim
7
It
went down from
Janoah to
Ataroth and to
Naarah, then
reached Jericho and
came out at the
Jordan.
w{xyiryiB [;g'p.W h't'r][;n.w tw{r'j][ h'xw{n'Yim d;r'y.w ? !eD.r;Y;h a'c'y.w
8
From
Tappuah the
border continued westward to the
brook of
Kanah, and it
ended * at the
sea.
This is the
inheritance of the
tribe of the
sons of
Ephraim according to their
families,
.Wy'h.w h'n'q l;x;n h'M'y l.Wb.G;h .$eley ;x.WP;Tim ? ~Iy;r.p,a -yen.b heJ;m t;l]x;n ta{z h'M'Y;h wy't{a.c{t ? ~'t{x.P.vim.l
9
together with the
cities which were
set apart for the
sons of
Ephraim in the
midst of the
inheritance of the
sons of
Manasseh,
all the
cities with their
villages.
.$w{t.B ~Iy;r.p,a yen.bil tw{l'D.biM;h ~yir'[,h.w ? !,hyer.c;x.w ~yir'[,h -l'K h,V;n.m -yen.B t;l]x;n
10
But they did not
drive out the
Canaanites who
lived in
Gezer, so the
Canaanites live in the
midst of
Ephraim to
this day, and they
became forced laborers *.
r,z'g.B bevw{Y;h yin][;n.K;h -t,a .Wvyirw{h a{l.w ? ~w{Y;h -d;[ ~Iy;r.p,a b,r,q.B yin][;n.K;h b,veY;w ? deb{[ -s;m.l yih.y;w h,Z;h