16:8a

From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah: The town of Tappuah was about ten miles southwest of Shechem.

the Brook of Kanah: The Brook of Kanah is a deep ravine with a river that runs only when it rains. Today it is called Wadi Qana in Arabic, and Nahal Ha Yarkon in Hebrew. It flows west to join the Yarkon River, which then flows into the Mediterranean Sea.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

From the town of Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah River
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The border went west from Tappuah to the Kanah streambed
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From Tappuah the boundary line went west to the Kanah ravine

and ended at the Sea: Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

and ended at the Mediterranean Sea
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the end of the border was the Mediterranean Sea

16:8b

This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

This is the land that the sub-clans of the clan of Ephraim received
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This is the land that the Ephraim clan received. Each family in Ephraim received a part of the land

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