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Sons of Ephraim

20 (A)The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah and [a]Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take their livestock. 22 And their father Ephraim (B)mourned many days, and his relatives (C)came to comfort him. 23 Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him [b]Beriah, because calamity had come upon his house. 24 And his daughter was Sheerah, and (D)she built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 [c]Non his son and (E)Joshua his son.

28 (F)Now their possessions and settlements were Bethel with its towns, and to the east [d]Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns as far as [e]Ayyah with its towns, 29 and along the [f]borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, Dor with its towns. In these lived the (G)sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:20 In Num 26:35, Becher
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:23 Lit on misfortune
  3. 1 Chronicles 7:27 In Ex 33:11, Nun
  4. 1 Chronicles 7:28 In Josh 16:7, Naarah
  5. 1 Chronicles 7:28 Many mss Azzah
  6. 1 Chronicles 7:29 Lit hands

Descendants of Ephraim

20 The descendants of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath, 21 Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead. These two were killed trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath. 22 Their father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23 Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah[a] because of the tragedy his family had suffered. 24 He had a daughter named Sheerah. She built the towns of Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah.

25 The descendants of Ephraim included Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan, 26 Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama, 27 Nun, and Joshua.

28 The descendants of Ephraim lived in the territory that included Bethel and its surrounding towns to the south, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding villages to the north as far as Ayyah and its towns. 29 Along the border of Manasseh were the towns of Beth-shan,[b] Taanach, Megiddo, Dor, and their surrounding villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel[c] lived in these towns.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:23 Beriah sounds like a Hebrew term meaning “tragedy” or “misfortune.”
  2. 7:29a Hebrew Beth-shean, a variant spelling of Beth-shan.
  3. 7:29b Israel is the name that God gave to Jacob.