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Makir’s wife, Maacah, gave birth to a son whom she named Peresh.
His brother’s name was Sheresh. The sons of Peresh were Ulam
and Rakem. The son of Ulam was Bedan. All these were considered
Gileadites, descendants of Makir son of Manasseh.
Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
The descendants of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah,
Tahath, Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead. These two were killed
trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath. Their father,
Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to
comfort him. Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became
pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because
of the tragedy his family had suffered. He had a daughter named
Sheerah. She built the towns of Lower and Upper Beth-horon and
Uzzen-sheerah.
The descendants of Ephraim included Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan,
Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama, Nun, and Joshua.
The descendants of Ephraim lived in the territory that included Bethel
and its surrounding towns to the south, Naaran to the east, Gezer and
its villages to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding villages to the
north as far as Ayyah and its towns. Along the border of Manasseh were
the towns of Beth-shan, Taanach, Megiddo, Dor, and their surrounding
villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. They had a
sister named Serah.
The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel (the father of Birzaith).
The sons of Heber were Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. They had a sister
named Shua.
The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath.
The sons of Shomer were Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
The sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer,
Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
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