7:28a Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages,

The fields/land and towns belonging to Ephraim’s descendants included Bethel and its villages,
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The cultivated fields and the small settlements ⌊of Ephraim’s tribe/clan are listed here⌋ . They occupied/settled Bethel town and the villages around it.

7:28b Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west,

and Naaran town in the east. ⌊They also lived in⌋ Gezer town and its villages in the west
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⌊They occupied/settled the territory from the⌋ east in Naaran town to the west in Gezer town and the villages around it.

7:28c and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.

and Shechem town and its villages. ⌊They lived⌋ as far away as Ayyah town ⌊in the north⌋ and its villages.
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⌊They occupied/settled the territory from⌋ Shechem town and the villages around it as far as Ayyah town to the north and the villages around it.

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