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Manaseh Iyo Efrayim Qaybtooda

16 Oo reer Yuusuf qaybtoodiina wuxuu ka bilaabmay Webi Urdun oo Yerixoo ku ag yaal, biyaha Yerixoo dhankooda bari, taasoo ah xagga cidlada, iyo markii laga tago Yerixoo oo la dhex maro dalka buuraha leh ilaa Beytel, oo wuxuu ka baxay Beytel ilaa Luus, oo wuxuu sii maray ilaa soohdinta reer Arkii iyo ilaa Cataarood; oo wuxuu dhanka galbeed ka maray soohdinta reer Yaafleetii iyo ilaa soohdinta Beytxooroonta hoose iyo tan iyo xataa Geser; oo soohdinta dhammaadkeedu wuxuu ahaa xagga badda. Oo reer Yuusuf, oo ahaa reer Manaseh iyo reer Efrayim, dhaxalkoodii way qaateen. Oo reer Efrayim sidii ay reerahoodu ahaayeen soohdintoodii sidan bay ahayd; dalkii ay dhaxalka u heleen dhinaca bari waxaa u xigay Cataarood Addaar, iyo Beytxooroonta sare; oo soohdintu waxay galbeed ka mari jirtay Mikmetaah tan ku taal xagga woqooyi, oo soohdintu waxay ka soo wareegtay oo bari ka martay Ta'anad Shiloh, oo waxay bari ka martay Yaanooxaah; oo intay Yaanooxaah ka tagto ayay sii martay Cataarood, iyo ilaa Nacaraah, oo waxay gaadhay Yerixoo, markaasay ka sii baxday Webi Urdun. Oo xagga Tafuu'axna soohdintu waxay galbeed ka sii martay durdurka reer Qaanaah; oo waxaa dhammaadkeedu ahaa xagga badda. Intaasu waa dhaxalkii reer Efrayim qabiilkoodii u heleen sidii reerahoodii ay ahaayeen, iyo xataa kulli magaalooyinkii loo soocay reer Efrayim ee ku dhex yiil dhaxalkii reer Manaseh, kuwaas oo ahaa magaalooyinkii oo dhan iyo tuulooyinkoodii. 10 Oo ma ay eryin reer Kancaankii degganaa Geser; laakiinse reer Kancaan waxay dhex degganaayeen reer Efrayim ilaa maantadan la joogo, oo waxay u noqdeen addoommo u hawshooda.

Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

16 The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert(A) into the hill country of Bethel.(B) It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz(C)),[a] crossed over to the territory of the Arkites(D) in Ataroth,(E) descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon(F) and on to Gezer,(G) ending at the Mediterranean Sea.

So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.(H)

This was the territory of Ephraim, according to its clans:

The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar(I) in the east to Upper Beth Horon(J) and continued to the Mediterranean Sea. From Mikmethath(K) on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah(L) on the east. Then it went down from Janoah(M) to Ataroth(N) and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan. From Tappuah(O) the border went west to the Kanah Ravine(P) and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans. It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.(Q)

10 They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.(R)

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 16:2 Septuagint; Hebrew Bethel to Luz

16 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 Bethel,

And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.

So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;

And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.