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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Ephraim (GEN 41:52) · Manasseh (son of Joseph)
OET-LV And_the_cities the_separate_places for_the_descendants_of ʼEfrayim in_the_middle of_the_inheritance_of of_the_descendants_of of_Mənashsheh all_of the_cities and_villages_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) although some of the cities with their villages for Efrayim’s descendants were actually inside the territory assigned to Menasheh’s (Manasseh’s) descendants.
This section describes the boundaries of the land given to Ephraim and to Manasseh, and the towns within each of their lands.
along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.
The clan of Ephraim also received other towns within the land of the clan of Manasseh. The villages surrounding these towns also belonged to the clan of Ephraim.
Their land also included some towns in areas belonging to the clan of Manasseh. They also received the villages that were near those towns.
(reordered) The clan of Ephraim also received other towns and the villages which surrounded them. These towns and villages were in the land that belonged to the clan of Manasseh.
along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim: The clause the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim indicates that there were other towns that the clan of Ephraim received. These towns were in the land belonging to the clan of Manasseh.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
The clan of Ephraim also received other towns
Their land also included towns
all the cities and villages: The phrase and villages indicates that there were villages that surrounded the cities. These villages also belonged to the clan of Ephraim.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
The villages surrounding these cities also belonged to the clan of Ephraim
The Ephraim clan also received the villages that were near these cities
within the inheritance of Manasseh: Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:
which were within the land that the clan of Manasseh received
which were in the land that belonged to the clan of Manasseh
It may be more natural to reorder the parts of this verse so that the last clause follows the first. For example:
The clan of Ephraim also received other cities and the villages that surrounded them. These towns and villages were in the land that belonged to the clan of Manasseh.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
הַמִּבְדָּלוֹת֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and,the,cities the_separate,places for,the_descendants_of ʼEfrayim in_the=middle inheritance_of sons_of Mənashsheh all/each/any/every the,cities and,villages_of,their )
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [that the Israelite leaders set apart]
OET-LV And_the_cities the_separate_places for_the_descendants_of ʼEfrayim in_the_middle of_the_inheritance_of of_the_descendants_of of_Mənashsheh all_of the_cities and_villages_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) although some of the cities with their villages for Efrayim’s descendants were actually inside the territory assigned to Menasheh’s (Manasseh’s) descendants.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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