Joshua 16:4
2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
3 Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.
5 This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
6 and out toward the Sea. From Michmethath on the north it turned eastward toward Taanath-shiloh and passed by it to Janoah on the east.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.
- KJV
- So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
- WEB
- The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
- ASV
- And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
- DARBY
- And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
- BLB
- And the sons of Joseph—Manasseh and Ephraim—took their inheritance.
- ÅB
- Dette var den arv som Josefs barn, Manasse og Efra'im, fikk.
- OTB
- Slik fikk etterkommerne av Josef, Manasse og Efraim, sin arv.
- B1930
- Dette var den arv som Josefs barn, Manasse og Efra'im, fikk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 17:14
Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
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