16. Maacah, Machir's wife, gave birth to two sons, whom they named Peresh and Sheresh. Peresh had two sons, Ulam and Rakem,
17. and Ulam had a son named Bedan. These are all descendants of Gilead, the son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh.
18. Gilead's sister Hammolecheth had three sons: Ishod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19. (Shemida had four sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.)
20. These are the descendants of Ephraim from generation to generation: Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath,
21. Zabad, Shuthelah. Ephraim had two other sons besides Shuthelah: Ezer and Elead, who were killed when they tried to steal the livestock belonging to the native inhabitants of Gath.
22. Their father Ephraim mourned for them for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
23. Then he had intercourse with his wife again, and she became pregnant and had a son. They named him Beriah, because of the trouble that had come to their family.
24. Ephraim had a daughter named Sheerah. She built the towns of Upper and Lower Beth Horon, and Uzzen Sheerah.
25. Ephraim also had a son named Rephah, whose descendants were as follows: Resheph, Telah, Tahan,
26. Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama,
27. Nun, Joshua.
28. The territory which they took and settled in included Bethel and the towns round it, as far east as Naaran and as far west as Gezer and the towns round it. It also included the cities of Shechem and Ayyah, and the towns round them.
29. The descendants of Manasseh controlled the cities of Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, and the towns round them.All these are the places where the descendants of Joseph son of Jacob lived.
30. These are the descendants of Asher. He had four sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and one daughter, Serah.
31. Beriah had two sons, Heber and Malchiel. (Malchiel founded the city of Birzaith.)
32. Heber had three sons: Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham; and one daughter, Shua.
33. Japhlet also had three sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath.
34. His brother Shomer had three sons: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.