The Descendants of Ephraim

20 The descendants of Ephraim:

• Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son.
  
• Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.


• 22 Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23 And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah,[fn] because tragedy had come upon his house. 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.


• 25 Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,[fn] Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun [fn] his son, and Joshua his son.


• 28 Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah [fn] and its villages. 29 And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean,[fn] Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.