Joshua 16:8
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
Joshua 16:8 in other translations
| BSB | From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, |
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| WEB | From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families; |
| ASV | From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families; |
| YLT | From Tappuah the border goeth westward unto the brook of Kanah, and its outgoings have been at the sea: this is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, for their families. |
| DARBY | From Tappuah the border went westwards to the torrent Kanah, and ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families, |
| BBE | 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; |
| Webster | The border went out from Tappuah westward to the river Kanah; and the limits of it were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. |
What does Joshua 16:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 16:5-9
Jos 16:5-9. The Borders of the Inheritance of Ephraim. 5-9. the border of their inheritance ... was Ataroth-addar--Ataroth-addar (now Atara), four miles south of Jetta [Robinson], is fixed on as a center, through which a line is drawn from Upper Beth-horon to Michmethah, showing the western limit of their actual possessions. The tract beyond that to the sea was still unconquered.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Joshua 16:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 16:8
- Joshua 17:8-9
Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
- Joshua 19:28
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
- Joshua 12:17
The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
- Joshua 16:3-6
And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth–horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth–addar, unto Beth–horon the upper; And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
- Numbers 34:6
And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
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Context
- Joshua 16:7
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
- Joshua 16:8
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
- Joshua 16:9
And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
Joshua 16:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y de Tappua torna este término hacia la mar al arroyo de Cana, y sale á la mar. Esta es la heredad de la tribu de los hijos de Ephraim por sus familias. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Depuis Tappuakh la frontière allait vers l’occident, au torrent de Kana, et aboutissait à la mer. Ce fut là l’héritage de la tribu des fils d’Éphraïm, selon leurs familles, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | von Tappuach ging die Grenze gegen Westen nach dem Bache Kana, und ihr Ausgang war nach dem Meere hin. Das war das Erbteil des Stammes der Kinder Ephraim nach ihren Geschlechtern, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | De Taphua pertransit contra mare in vallem arundineti, suntque egressus ejus in mare salsissimum. Hæc est possessio tribus filiorum Ephraim per familias suas. |