Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's,.... As Ephraim lay to the south of Manasseh, Manasseh lay to the north of Ephraim: and the sea is his border; the Mediterranean sea was their boundary on the west: and they met together in Asher on the north; that is, on the northwest towards the Mediterranean sea, as, at Mount Carmel: and in Issachar on the east; towards Jordan.