Iosue 16

1 Cecidit quoque sors filiorum Ioseph ab Iordane contra Iericho et aquas eius ab Oriente: solitudo quæ ascendit de Iericho ad montem Bethel:

And the borders of the children of Joseph were from Jordan by Jericho eastward; and they will go up from Jericho to the hill country, to the wilderness, to Baethel Luza.

2 et egreditur de Bethel Luza: transitque terminum Archi, Ataroth.

And they will go out to Baethel, and will proceed to the borders of Achatarothi.

3 Et descendit ad Occidentem iuxta terminum Iephleti, usque ad terminos Beth horon inferioris, et Gazer: finiunturque regiones eius mari magno:

And they will go across to the sea to the borders of Aptalim, as far as the borders of Baethoron the lower, and the going forth of them shall be to the sea.

4 possederuntque filii Ioseph, Manasses et Ephraim.

And the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasse, took their inheritance.

5 Et factus est terminus filiorum Ephraim per cognationes suas: et possessio eorum contra Orientem Ataroth addar usque Beth horon superiorem.

And the borders of the children of Ephraim were according to their families, and the borders of their inheritance were eastward to Ataroth, and Eroc as far as Baethoron the upper, and Gazara.

6 Egrediunturque confinia in mare: Machmethath vero Aquilonem respicit, et circuit terminos contra Orientem in Thanathselo: et pertransit ab Oriente Ianoe.

And the borders will proceed to the sea to Icasmon north of Therma; they will go round eastward to Thenasa, and Selles, and will pass on eastward to Janoca,

7 Descenditque de Ianoe in Ataroth et Naaratha: et pervenit in Iericho, egrediturque ad Iordanem.

and to Macho, and Ataroth, and [these are] their villages; and they will come to Jericho, and will issue at Jordan.

8 De Taphua pertransit contra mare in Vallem Arundineti, suntque egressus eius in mare salsissimum. Hæc est possessio tribus filiorum Ephraim per familias suas.

And the borders will proceed from Tapho to the sea to Chelcana; and their termination will be at the sea; this [is] the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim according to their families.

9 Urbesque separatæ sunt filiis Ephraim in medio possessionis filiorum Manasse, et villæ earum.

And the cities separated to the sons of Ephraim [were] in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasse, all the cities and their villages.

10 Et non interfecerunt filii Ephraim Chananæum, qui habitabat in Gazer: habitavitque Chananæus in medio Ephraim usque in diem hanc tributarius.

And Ephraim did not destroy the Chananite who lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in Ephraim until this day, until Pharao the king of Egypt went up and took it, and burnt it with fire; and the Chananites, and Pherezites, and the dwellers in Gaza they destroyed, and Pharao gave them for a dowry to his daughter.