Joshua 17:14 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁴ And the children of Yosĕ

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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 also becomes a people, and he also is great. And yet, his younger brother is greater than he, and his seed is to become the completeness of the nations.”

Genesis 48:20

And he blessed them on that day, saying, “In you Yisra’ĕ

Genesis 48:22

“And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”

Ezekiel 48:5

“And by the border of Menashsheh, from the east side to the west, Ephrayim: one.

Numbers 13:7

From the tribe of Yissasḵ

Numbers 26:54

“To the large one you give a larger inheritance, and to the small one you give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given its inheritance according to their registered ones.

Numbers 36:12

And they were married into the clans of the children of Menashsheh, the son of Yosĕ

Joshua 16:4

Thus the children of Yosĕ

Joshua 17:15

And Yehoshua said to them, “If you are a great people, go up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the Repha’ites, since the hill country of Ephrayim is too narrow for you.”