Joseph named the second son Ephraim. [240] Joseph gave him this name because Joseph said, “I had great troubles, but God has made me successful in everything.”
Joshua 16:4 - Easy To Read Version So the people of Manasseh and Ephraim got their land. (Manasseh and Ephraim were sons of Joseph.) More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The descendants of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. American Standard Version (1901) And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. Common English Bible The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their legacy. Catholic Public Domain Version And Manasseh and Ephraim, the sons of Joseph, possessed it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Manasses and Ephraim the children of Joseph possessed it. |
Joseph named the second son Ephraim. [240] Joseph gave him this name because Joseph said, “I had great troubles, but God has made me successful in everything.”
The Lord my Master says these things, “These are the borders for dividing the land among the twelve family groups of Israel. Joseph will have two parts.
{The twelve family groups were given their own land.} The sons of Joseph had divided into two family groups—Manasseh and Ephraim. {And each family group received some land. But} the people from the family group of Levi were not given any land. They were given only some towns to live in. {And these towns were in every family group’s land.} They were also given fields for their animals.
The family group of Joseph spoke to Joshua and said, “You gave us only one area of land. But we are many people. Why did you only give us one part of all the land that the Lord gave his people?”
They will divide the land into seven parts. The people of Judah will keep their land in the south. The people of Joseph will keep their land in the north.