Joshua 17:14

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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]?

Cross References

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people and shall be great; but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.

Genesis 48:20

And he blessed them that day, saying, By you shall Israel bless [one another], saying, May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 48:22

Moreover, I have given to you [Joseph] one portion [Shechem, one mountain slope] more than any of your brethren, which I took [reclaiming it] out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow. [Gen. 33:18, 19; Josh. 24:32, 33; John 4:5.]

Ezekiel 48:5

And beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one [portion].

Numbers 13:7

Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

Numbers 26:54

To a larger tribe you shall give the greater inheritance, and to a small tribe the less inheritance; to each tribe shall its inheritance be given according to its numbers.

Numbers 36:12

They married into the families of the sons of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

Joshua 16:4

The descendants of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

Joshua 17:15

Joshua replied, If you are a great people, get up to the forest and clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the Ephraim hill country is too narrow for you.