Joshua 17:14

Good News Translation

The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one part of the land to possess as our own? There are very many of us because the Lord has blessed us.”

Cross References

Genesis 48:19

His father refused, saying, “I know, son, I know. Manasseh's descendants will also become a great people. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become great nations.”

Genesis 48:20

So he blessed them that day, saying, “The Israelites will use your names when they pronounce blessings. They will say, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In this way Jacob put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 48:22

It is to you and not to your brothers that I am giving Shechem, that fertile region which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

Numbers 26:54

Divide the land by drawing lots, and give a large share to a large tribe and a small one to a small tribe.”

Numbers 36:12

They married within the clans of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their property remained in their father's tribe.

Joshua 16:4

The descendants of Joseph, the tribes of Ephraim and West Manasseh, received this land as their possession.

Joshua 17:15

Joshua answered, “If there are so many of you and the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, then go into the forests and clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”