King James Version

Joshua 16:4

So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

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וַיִּנְחֲל֥וּvayinchalvand inheritנָחַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and inherit”, the next action in the storyH5157to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instatedivide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).בְנֵיvenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יוֹסֵ֖ףyosefJoseph. Compare H3084יוֹסֵףnoun, proper name — “Joseph. Compare H3084”H3130Joseph, the name of seven IsraelitesJoseph. Compare H3084 (יְהוֹסֵף).מְנַשֶּׁ֥הmenashehManassehמְנַשֶּׁהnoun, proper name — “Manasseh”H4519Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryManasseh.וְאֶפְרָֽיִםveefrayimand Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Ephraim”H669Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryEphraim, Ephraimites.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And the sons of Joseph — Manasseh and Ephraim — inherit.

World English Bible

The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And Manasses and Ephraim the children of Joseph possessed it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasse, took their inheritance.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐκληρονόμησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἱωσὴφ, Ἐφραῒμ καὶ Μανασσή.

American Standard Version (1901)

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World English Bible

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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