The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Joshua 16:4 - Revised Standard Version The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. 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. |
The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Thus says the Lord God: “These are the boundaries by which you shall divide the land for inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions.
For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for their cattle and their substance.
The territory of the Ephraimites by their families was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon,
And the tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, although I am a numerous people, since hitherto the Lord has blessed me?”
They shall divide it into seven portions, Judah continuing in his territory on the south, and the house of Joseph in their territory on the north.