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People

Joseph 4 Zaphenath-paneah (Joseph)

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    Key Terms

    Possession 8 Lot (Object) 2 Dispossess 2 To Cause to Possess Possession Take Possession Inherit Serve Force to Serve Enslave Hold in Bondage Gain Control Over

    Resources

    Ephraim, Tribe of Articles

    Ephraim’s Inheritance

    ⓘ Joseph had two sons,Manasseh and Ephraim (Gen 41:50–52)....

    Joseph had two sons,Manasseh and Ephraim (Gen 41:50–52). Half of Manasseh’s descendants had received their inheritance east of the Jordan River. The tribe of Ephraim and the rest of the tribe of Manasseh now received their allotments. This brought the total number of allotments to twelve and fulfilled the blessing Jacob had pronounced upon Joseph (Gen 49:22–26). Like Judah in the south, Joseph’s tribes exercised leadership from their central position in the north.

    1The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. 2It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz)† and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth. 3Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.†

    4So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.

    ⓘ This description of Ephraim’s northern boundary with Manasseh...

    This description of Ephraim’s northern boundary with Manasseh is general and incomplete. Because Shechem belonged to Manasseh, the border between the two tribes ran south of that town.

    5This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans:

    The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon 6and out toward the Sea. From Michmethath on the north it turned eastward toward Taanath-shiloh and passed by it to Janoah on the east. 7From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan. 8From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea.

    This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, 9along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh. 10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.