Joshua 16:1 - Easy To Read Version

¹ This is the land that the family of Joseph got. This land started at the Jordan River near Jericho and continued to the waters of Jericho. (This was just east of Jericho.) The border went up from Jericho to the hill country of Bethel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THE ALLOTMENT for the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

Common English Bible

¹ The land determined by lot for the people of Joseph went out from the Jordan near Jericho eastward to the waters of Jericho. It went up by the desert from Jericho to the Bethel highlands.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Similarly, the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan, opposite Jericho and its waters, to the east, to the wilderness that ascends from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan over against Jericho and the waters thereof, on the east: the wilderness which goeth up from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel:

Joshua 16:1 Cross References

Genesis 35:24

Jacob and Rachel’s sons were Joseph and Benjamin.

Joshua 15:61

The people of Judah were also given towns in the desert. Here is a list of those towns: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,

Joshua 18:12

The northern border started at the Jordan River. The border went along the northern edge of Jericho. Then the border went west into the hill country. The border continued until it was just east of Beth Aven.

Joshua 18:5

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.

Joshua 8:15

Joshua and all the men of Israel let the army of Ai push them back. Joshua and his men began running east toward the desert.

1 Samuel 30:27

David sent some of those things from the Amalekites to the leaders in Bethel, Ramoth in the Negev, Jattir,