Then it bends in the north and goes out to En-shemesh, and goes along toward Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it goes down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben — The boundary's northward turn creates Benjamin's eastern side. 'En-shemesh' (spring of the sun) and 'Geliloth' (circles, likely standing stones) suggest sacred geographical markers. The reference to 'Bohan the son of Reuben' honors an individual from the eastern tribes, perhaps marking a boundary stone set during the conquest. Place-names preserve collective memory; the land's geography becomes the tribe's history inscribed in topography.

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