1And 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,16.1 fell: Heb. went forth 2And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
5¶ 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 Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper; 6And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; 7And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 8The 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. 9And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. 10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
Josefs efterkommere
1-2Ved lodtrækning fik Josefs efterkommere jord i et område, hvis sydgrænse startede ved Jordanfloden ud for Jeriko og gik videre op i højlandet til Betel (også kaldet Luz) og dernæst videre gennem arkitternes land til Atarot. 3Derpå bøjede den mod sydvest til jafletitternes område og kom til Nedre Bet-Horon og videre til Gezer og derfra ud til Middelhavet. 4De to stammer fra Josefs sønner, Efraim og Manasse, fik hver deres arvelod.
Efraims arvelod
5Efraims klaners område gik fra Atarot-Addar mod øst til Øvre Bet-Horon mod vest, 6og derfra gik grænsen ud til Middelhavet. Nordgrænsen gik gennem Mikmetat og videre østpå i en bue op til Ta’anat-Shilo og videre øst om Janoha. 7Fra Janoha fortsatte den ned til Atarot og Na’ara øst om Jeriko for at ende ved Jordanfloden. 8Fra Tappuach løb nordgrænsen vestpå langs med Kana-kløften til Middelhavet. 9Efraim fik tillige nogle byer inden for Manasses territorium.
10De kana’anæere, som boede i Gezer, blev imidlertid aldrig drevet ud, og derfor lever de den dag i dag som slaver blandt Efraims folk.
