1At that time, in the hundred and eightieth year of the Israelites going

2For they said the period was completed which the Lord had appointed to the

3And these men girded themselves, and they put each man his sword at his

4But they brought no provision for the road, only silver and gold, not even

5And these men were very mighty and valiant men, one man could pursue a

6And they directed their course toward the land of Gath, and they went down

7And they said to the shepherds, Give us some of the sheep for pay, that we

8And the shepherds said, Are they our sheep or cattle that we should give

9And the shepherds of Gath shouted over them that their cry was heard at a

10And when the children of Gath saw the evil doings of the children of

11And they engaged with them in the valley of Gath, and the battle was

12And on the second day the children of Gath sent to all the cities of the

13Come up unto us and help us, that we may smite the children of Ephraim who

14Now the souls of the children of Ephraim were exhausted with hunger and

15And these men were engaged in battle with the children of Ephraim, and the

16And they smote all the children of Ephraim, all who had gone forth from

17For this evil was from the Lord against the children of Ephraim, for they

18And of the Philistines also thero fell a great many, about twenty thousand

19And the slain of the children of Ephraim remained forsaken in the valley

20And the men who had escaped from the battle came to Egypt, and told all

21And their father Ephraim mourned over them for many days, and his brethren

22And he came unto his wife and she bare a son, and he called his name

Chapter 75

Thirty Thousand Ephraimites think it Time to get out of Egypt,