Chapter 16

And the lot of the children of Joseph fell⁴ from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up⁶ from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,

And goeth out¹ from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along¹ unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

And goeth down¹ 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.⁴

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 out¹ toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about⁸ eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by¹ it on the east to Janohah;

And it went down¹ from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came¹ to Jericho, and went out¹ at Jordan.

The border went out⁴ 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.

And they drave not out⁵² the Canaanites that dwelt⁶ in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell⁴ among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve⁶ under tribute.