20 These are Efrayim’s descendants:

One son of Efrayim was Shutelah. Shutelah’s son was Bered. Bered’s son was Tahat. Tahat’s son was Eleadah. Eleadah’s son was also named Tahat. 21 Tahat’s son was Zavad. Zavad’s son was Shutelah. Efrayim’s other sons, Ezer and Elead, went to Gat city to steal some cattle but were killed by some of the natives of that area. 22 Their father Efrayim mourned for quite some time, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23 Then he slept with his wife and she got pregnant and gave birth to a son. Efrayim named him Beriah (which sounds like the Hebrew word for ‘trouble’), because of the recent tragedy in their family.

24 Efrayim’s daughter was Sheerah and she founded three towns: Lower Beyt-Horon, Upper Beyt-Horon, and Uzzen-Sheerah.

25 Another son of Efrayim was Refah. Refah’s son was Reshef. Reshef’s son was Telah. Telah’s son was Tahan. 26 Tahan’s son was Ladan. Ladan’s son was Ammihud. Ammihud’s son was Elishama. 27 Elishama’s son was Nun. Nun’s son was Yehoshua (or Joshua, who led the Israelites after Mosheh).

28 This is a list of the cities and areas where Efrayim’s descendants lived: Beyt-El and the nearby villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer to the west and the nearby villages, and Shekem and the nearby villages extending north as far as Ayyah and its villages.

29 Along the border of the area where the descendants of Manashsheh lived were these towns: Beyt-Shan, Taanak, Megiddo, Dor, and all the nearby villages. The people who lived in all those places were descendants of Yakov’s son Yosef (Joseph).