Joshua · Chapter 16

[ edit] And þe lot of þe ſones of Joſeph felle fro Jordan aȝens Jericho, and to þe watrys of it, fro þe eſt; þe wildirnes þat ſtieþ vp fro Jericho to þe hil of Beþel, and goþ out fro Beþel Luzan, and paſſiþ þe teerme of Architaroþ, and comeþ doun to þe weſt biſide þe teerme of Jefleti, vnto þe teermes of þe neþermore Beþeron, and of Gazar; and þe regiouns of it ben endid in þe greet ſee, þat weeldiden þe ſones of Joſeph, Manaſſes and Effraym. And þe teerme of þe ſones of Effraym, bi her kynredis, is maad, and þe poſſeſſioun of hem aȝens þe eſt, Acharoþaddar vnto þe ouermore Beþeron.

And goon out þe ſide cooſtis into þe ſee; forſoþe Maþmeþaþ biholdiþ þe norþ, and enuyrouneþ þe teermys aȝens þe eſt in Thanarſelo, and paſſiþ fro þe ſtreme of Janoe; and goþ doun fro Janoe into Aþaroþ and Noaþara, and comeþ into Jericho; and goþ out to Jordan fro Thaphua, and paſſiþ aȝens þe ſee in to þe valey ful of reedis; and þe goyngis out of it ben to þe mooſt ſalt ſee. Þis is þe poſſeſſioun of þe lynage of þe ſones of Effraym, bi her meynees; and þe citees ben ſeuerd to þe ſones of Effraym in þe mydil of þe poſſeſſioun of þe ſones of Manaſſe, and þe towns of hem.

And þe ſones of Effraym ſlewen not Chanane, þat dwelt in Gaſer; and Chanane dwellid in þe mydil of Effraym vnto þis day tribitarye.