Joshua 16:4

Joshua 16:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
• New International Version (NIV)So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

Context of Joshua 16:4

2Then it went from Bethel to Luz, and continued to Ataroth, the border of the Archites. 3It went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the outskirts of lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ended at the sea. The sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. 5Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: on the east side the border of their inheritance was Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon. 6Then the border went westward at Michmethath on the north, and turned eastward to Taanath-shiloh and continued beyond it to the east of Janoah.

Joshua 16:4 word by word

וַיִּנְחֲל֥וּ בְנֵי־יוֹסֵ֖ף מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה וְאֶפְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Josephיוֹסֵףyôsêph · JosephH3130
• Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• and Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• took their inheritanceנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157

Cross-references for Joshua 16:4

• Joshua 17:14The sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given us only one lot and one portion as an inheritance, when we are a numerous people whom the Lord has so far blessed?”

Commentaries on Joshua 16:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim (Genesis 41:50–52). Half of those descended from Manasseh received their inheritance east of the Jordan River. The tribe of Ephraim and the rest of Manasseh's tribe now received their land. This made the total number of land portions twelve, fulfilling Jacob's blessing to Joseph (Genesis 49:22–26). Like Judah in the south, Joseph’s tribes led from their central position in the north.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-41. the lot of the children of Joseph fell--Hebrew, "went forth," referring either to the lot as drawn out of the urn, or to the tract of land thereby assigned. The first four verses describe the territory allotted to the family of Joseph in the rich domains of central Palestine. It was drawn in one lot, that the brethren might be contiguously situated; but it was afterwards divided. The southern boundary only is described here; that on the north being…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Manasseh
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Ephraim, The tribe of
• Ephraim (1)
• Joshua (2)
• Joshua, Book of
• Palestine Exploration

Commentaries on Joshua 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings