Note 331 — THE HEBREW TRADITION. (continued 2)

It is impossible that the descendants of Ephraim, mentioned in 1 Chron. viii. 20, 21, could have been all killed at the same time by the men of Gath (therefore, in Palestine), since they include eight generations. The march to Gath also, which is mentioned, could not have been from Egypt (Bunsen, Æg. i. p. 220) (Tr. vol. i. p. 178), since they went down. It is equally impossible that Non and Jehoshuah can be rightly placed in v. 27, since the latter ought to stand in the ninth in place of the third degree from Ephraim.