He could well have chosen his town Bethlehem.But cunningly and wittingly he did not want to in order to avoid further division between the tribes.

• 他本可以选择他的城：白冷，但为了避免未来各支派间的分裂，他非常聪明而刻意地放弃了白冷，而选择了耶步斯人的城市：耶路撒冷。