Likewise, he named the second Ephraim, saying, "God has caused me to increase in the land of my poverty."
Joshua 16:4 - Catholic Public Domain Version And Manasseh and Ephraim, the sons of Joseph, possessed it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Manasses and Ephraim the children of Joseph possessed it. English Standard Version 2016 The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. |
Likewise, he named the second Ephraim, saying, "God has caused me to increase in the land of my poverty."
Thus says the Lord God: "This is the border, by which you shall possess the land, in accord with the twelve tribes of Israel. For Joseph shall have a double portion.
For by succession, the sons of Joseph, in their place, were divided into two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. But the Levites did not receive another portion of land, except cities in which to live, and their suburbs, so as to feed their beasts of burden and cattle.
And the border of the sons of Ephraim was made by their families. And their possession toward the east was from Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon,
And the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, and they said, "Why have you given to me as a possession one lot and one portion, while I am of such a great multitude, and the Lord has blessed me?"
Divide the land for yourselves into seven parts. Let Judah be its bounds on the southern side, and the house of Joseph to the north.