Descendants of Ephraim

• 20 This is a list of the descendants of Ephraim.
  • One son of Ephraim’s was Shuthelah.
  • Shuthelah’s son was Bered.
  • Bered’s son was Tahath.
  • Tahath’s son was Eleadah.
  • Eleadah’s son was also named Tahath.
  • 21 Tahath’s son was Zabad.
  • Zabad’s son was Shuthelah.
• Ephraim’s other sons, Ezer and Elead, went to Gath city to steal some cows and sheep. But they were both killed by some of the men from that city. 22 Their father Ephraim cried/mourned for them for many days, and his family came to comfort him. 23 Then he and his wife had sex [EUP] again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah which resembles the word ‘trouble’, because of the trouble that his family had experienced. 24 Ephraim’s daughter was Sheerah. Her workers built three towns: Lower Beth-Horon, Upper Beth-Horon, and Uzzen-Sheerah.
• 25 Another son of Ephraim was Rephah.
  • Rephah’s son was Resheph.
  • Resheph’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 Joshua, the man who led the Israelis after Moses died.

28 This is a list of the cities and areas where the descendants of Ephraim lived:

• Bethel and the nearby villages;
• Naaran to the east;
• Gezer to the west and the nearby villages; and
• Shechem and the nearby villages. Those villages extended north as far as Ayyah and the nearby villages.
• 29 Along the border of the area where the descendants of Manasseh lived were these towns: Beth-Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, and the nearby villages.

The people who lived in all those places were descendants of Jacob’s son Joseph.