Joshua 16:8

WEB

From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;

KJV

The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

Commentary

The border went out from Tappuah westward,.... Which was different from the Tappuah in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:34 ; this was in the tribe of Ephraim on the border of Manasseh, Jos 17 :8 , unto the river Kanah; supposed by some to be the brook Cherith, by which Elijah hid himself, Kg1 17:3 ; though objected to by others; it seems to have had its name from the reeds which grew in it, or on the banks of it: and the goings out thereof were at the sea; if the river Kanah was the brook Cherith, this must be the dead or salt sea: but that is never called "the sea", rather the Mediterranean sea is meant, and consequently Kanah could not be Cherith, which was at too great a distance from this sea: this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families; that is, this is the description of the border of it; for the cities within are not mentioned, and the descriptions in general are very obscure.