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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.

Genealogy of Ephraim

20 Ephraim’s descendants included Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath, 21 his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah, his son Ezer, and Elead. The people of Gath, who were native to the land, killed them when[a] they came down to raid their cattle. 22 So their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23 Later, Ephraim had marital relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, whom he named Beriah,[b] because his household had been visited with disaster.

24 His daughter Sheerah built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, along with Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was also his descendant,[c] as were Resheph, Telah, Tahan, 26 Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama, 27 Nun, and Joshua. 28 Their possessions and settlements included Bethel and its towns,[d] Naaran to the east, Gezer and its towns to the west, Shechem and its towns as far as Ayyah and its towns 29 along the borders of the descendants of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. In these lived the descendants of Israel’s son Joseph.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:21 Lit. because
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:23 The Heb. name Beriah means in disaster
  3. 1 Chronicles 7:25 Lit. son
  4. 1 Chronicles 7:28 Lit. daughters; i.e. surrounding villages, and so through v.29