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Joshua 16:4 KJV
Joshua · chapter 16 · verse 4
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.Joshua 16:4 · King James Version
Joshua 16:4 in context
2And goeth out from Bethel 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 Bethhoron 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.
5And 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;
6And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- ManassehMᵉnashshehMenashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryH4519 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
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Though Joseph was one of the younger sons of Jacob, yet he was his eldest by his most just and best beloved wife Rachel, was himself his best beloved son, and had been the greatest ornament and support of his family, kept it from perishing in a time of famine, and had been the shepherd and stone of Israel, and…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4