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In earlier times the name of Hebron had been Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the greatest of the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

לְפָנִים֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south.

לְמַטֵּ֛ה (לְ) le. “of”לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”

Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

From there it goes south of the slope up to Akrabbim, and on to Zin, then south past Kadesh-barnea, and on by Hezron and up to Addar, turning in the direction of Karka:

לְמַעֲלֵ֤ה (לְ) le. “of”לְקָדֵ֣שׁ (לְ) le. “of”

Then on to Azmon, ending at the stream of Egypt: and the end of the limit is at the sea; this will be your limit on the south.

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “of”

And the east limit is the Salt Sea as far as the end of Jordan. And the limit of the north part of the land is from the inlet of the sea at the end of Jordan:

לִפְאַ֤ת (לִ) li “of”

Then the line goes up to Beth-hoglah, past the north of Beth-arabah, and up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;

לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “of”

Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:

לְמַעֲלֵ֣ה (לְ) le. “to”לַנָּ֑חַל (לַ) la. “of the”

And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua, that is, Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the father of Anak which is Hebron.

וּלְכָלֵ֣ב (לְ) le. “to”לִֽיהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ (לִֽ) li. “to”

From there he went up against the people of Debir: (now the name of Debir before that was Kiriath-sepher.)

לְפָנִ֖ים (לְ) le. “<to>”

And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.

ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to <the>”לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it: so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.

ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to <the>”לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

לִשְׁא֤וֹל (לִ) li “to”לָ֥הּ (לָ֥) la “to <the>”לָּֽךְ׃ (לָּֽ) La “[is] to <the>”

And she said, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So he gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

לִּ֣י (לִּ֣) l “to <the>”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to <the>”לָ֗הּ (לָ֗) La “to <the>”

This is the heritage of the tribe of Judah, by their families.

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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;

לְמַטֵּ֣ה (לְ) le. “of”

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.

לְהֽוֹרִישָׁ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”

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;

לִבְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “of”לְמֵ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

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;

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”

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;

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Together with the towns marked out for the children of Ephraim in the heritage of Manasseh, all the towns with their unwalled places.

לִבְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “for”

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.

לְמַס־ (לְ) le. “<into>”

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.

לְמַטֵּ֣ה (לְ) le. “to”לְמָכִיר֩ (לְ) le. “to”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

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

לִבְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “to”לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ (לְ) le. “to”לִבְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “to”וְלִבְנֵי־ (לִ) li “to”וְלִבְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “to”וְלִבְנֵי־ (לִ) li “to”וְלִבְנֵי־ (לִ) li “to”וְלִבְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “to”לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”