Joshua 17:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁴ Joseph’s descendants said to Joshua, ‘Why did you allot us only one tribal territory as an inheritance? We have many people, because the Lord has been blessing us greatly.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ The tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given [us] but one lot and one portion as an inheritance when [we] are a great [abundant] people, for until now the Lord has blessed [us]?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua: “Why have you only given us a single lot and a solitary parcel for a legacy? We are a numerous people whom the LORD has blessed so richly.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, and they said, "Why have you given to me as a possession one lot and one portion, while I am of such a great multitude, and the Lord has blessed me?"

Joshua 17:14 Cross References

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, ‘I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe,  and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.’

Genesis 48:20

So he blessed them that day, putting Ephraim before Manasseh when he said, ‘The nation Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying, “May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.” ’

Genesis 48:22

Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope  that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.’

Ezekiel 48:5

Next to the territory of Manasseh, from the east side to the west, will be Ephraim #– #one portion.

Numbers 13:7

Igal son of Joseph from the tribe of Issachar;

Numbers 26:54

Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.

Numbers 36:12

They married men from the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.

Joshua 16:4

So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph,  received their inheritance.

Joshua 17:15

‘If you have so many people,’ Joshua replied to them, ‘go to the forest and clear an area for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, because Ephraim’s hill country is too small for you.’