H9001–/וַ–v

The farthest towns of the tribe of Judah in the direction of the limits of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur;

וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And as for the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, the children of Judah were unable to make them go out; but the Jebusites are living with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, to this day.

וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the limit of the land marked out for the children of Joseph went out from Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, in the waste land, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

וַיֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And it goes out from Beth-el to Luz, and on as far as the limit of the Archites to Ataroth;

וְיָצָ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָבַ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And it goes down to the west to the limit of the Japhletites, to the limit of Beth-horon the lower, as far as Gezer; ending at the sea.

וְיָֽרַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their heritage.

וַיִּנְחֲל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the limit of the land of the children of Ephraim by their families was marked out in this way: the limit of their heritage to the east was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the higher;

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”

The line goes out to the west at Michmethath on the north; then turning to the east to Taanath-shiloh, going past it on the east of Janoah;

וְיָצָ֨א (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָסַ֧ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָבַ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And from Janoah down to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and touching Jericho, it goes on to Jordan.

וְיָרַ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָגַע֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְיָצָ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

From Tappuah the line goes on to the west to the river of Kanah; ending at the sea. This is the heritage of the children of Ephraim by their families;

וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Canaanites who were living in Gezer were not forced out; but the Canaanites have been living among Ephraim, to this day, as servants, doing forced work.

וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

And as for the rest of the children of Manasseh, their heritage was given to them by families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, an

וַ֠יְהִי (וַ֠) Va “and”

And they came before Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, The Lord gave orders to Moses to give us a heritage among our brothers: so in agreement with the orders of the Lord he gave them a heritage among their fa

וַתִּקְרַ֡בְנָה (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

And ten parts were given to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of Jordan;

וַיִּפְּל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the limit of Manasseh's land was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; the line goes on to the right hand, to the people of En-tappuah.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”וְהָלַ֤ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the limit goes down to the stream Kanah, to the south of the stream: these towns were Ephraim's among the towns of Manasseh; Manasseh's limit was on the north side of the stream, ending at the sea:

וְיָרַ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

To the south it is Ephraim's, and to the north it is Manasseh's, and the sea is his limit; and they are touching Asher on the north, and Issachar on the east.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, and Ibleam and its daughter-towns, and the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, and the people of En-dor and its daughter-towns, and the people of Taanach and its daughter-towns, and

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

But the children of Manasseh were not able to make the people of those towns go out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.

וַיּ֙וֹאֶל֙ (וַ) va “and”

And when the children of Israel had become strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, in place of driving them out.

וַֽיְהִ֗י (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the children of Joseph said to Joshua, Why have you given me only one part and one stretch of land for my heritage? For through the blessing given to me by the Lord up to now, I am a great people.

וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Joshua said to them, If you are such a great people, go up into the woodlands, clearing a place there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, if the hill-country of Ephraim is not wide enough for you.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּבֵרֵאתָ֤ (וּ) u. “and”

And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites living in the valley have iron war-carriages, those in Beth-shean and its towns as well as those in the valley of Jezreel.

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Joshua said to the children of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, You are a great people, and have great power: you are not to have one property only,

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”