Josua 17:9

Schlachter Bibel

Darnach kommt die Grenze herab gegen Nahal-Kana, südlich vom Bache. - Diese Städte gehören zu Ephraim mitten unter den Städten Manasses. - Aber die Grenze von Manasse ist nördlich vom Bach und endigt am Meer.

Parallel Translations

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Und die Grenze stieg hinab nach dem Bache Kana, südlich vom Bache. Diese Städte gehörten Ephraim inmitten der Städte Manasses. Und das Gebiet Manasses war nördlich vom Bache, und sein Ausgang war nach dem Meere hin.

Lutherbible (1912)
darnach kommt sie herab zum Bach Kana zur Mittagsseite des Bachs, die Städte daselbst sind Ephraims unter den Städten Manasses; die Grenze Manasses aber geht weiter an der Mitternachtseite des Baches und endet am Meer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

river Kanah: or, brook of reeds, The brook Kanah seem to be what is now called Nahr el Kasab, which falls into the Mediterranean a few miles south of Cesarea of Palestine, mentioned by the Hon. C. L. Irby, and J. Mangles. Joshua 16:8

these cities: Joshua 16:9

the outgoings: Joshua 16:3, Joshua 16:8, Joshua 19:29

the sea: The Mediterranean

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river,.... The same mentioned in the account of the coast of Ephraim,

Joshua 16:8; which was north of that river, as Manasseh was to the south of it:

these cities of Ephraim [are] among the cities of Manasseh; that is, the cities before mentioned, Asher, Michmethah, Entappuah, and Tappuah; though they were in the tribe of Manasseh, yet they were inhabited by the Ephraimites:

the coast of Manasseh also [was] on the north side of the river; of the river Kanah, as well as on the south of it; it had cities there, though possessed by the tribe of Ephraim:

and the outgoings of it were at the sea; the Mediterranean sea.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These cities ... - The text is possibly corrupt. The intention seems to be to state that the cities lying south of the river, though within the limits of Manasseh, were in fact made over to Ephraim, and were among the “separate cities” Joshua 16:9. On the contrary, the north bank of the river, both land and towns, belonged to Manasseh exclusively.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 17:9. Unto the river Kanah — Literally, the river or valley of the reeds, translated by the Vulgate, vallis arundintei. The tribe of Manasseh appears to have been bounded on the north by this torrent or valley, and on the south by the Mediterranean Sea.