"I giveyou oneportionmorethanyour brothers,whichI tookfrom the handof the Amoritewith my swordand my bow."
"Then in the fourthgenerationthey will returnhere,for the iniquityof the Amoriteis not yetcomplete."
He boughtthe pieceof landwherehe had pitchedhis tentfrom the handof the sonsof Hamor,Shechem'sfather,for one hundredpiecesof money.
They tooktheir flocksand their herdsand their donkeys,and that whichwas in the cityand that whichwas in the field;
and the Jebusites,the Amorites,the Girgashites,
ThoughJudahprevailedover his brothers,and from him [came] the leader,yet the birthrightbelonged to Joseph),
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"This[shall be] the boundaryby whichyou shall dividethe landfor an inheritanceamong the twelvetribesof Israel;Joseph[shall have] twoportions.
"Yet it was I who destroyedthe Amoritebeforethem, Though his height[was] like the heightof cedarsAnd he [was] strongas the oaks;I even destroyedhis fruitaboveand his rootbelow.
SoHe cameto a cityof SamariacalledSychar,nearthe parcel of groundthat Jacobgaveto his sonJoseph;
"But he shall acknowledgethe firstborn,the sonof the unloved,by givinghim a doubleportionof allthat he has,for he is the beginningof his strength;to him belongs the rightof the firstborn.
Now they buriedthe bonesof Joseph,whichthe sonsof Israelbroughtup from Egypt,at Shechem,in the pieceof groundwhichJacobhad boughtfrom the sonsof Hamorthe fatherof Shechemfor one hundredpiecesof money;and they becamethe inheritanceof Joseph'ssons.
Since nowthe LORD,the Godof Israel,droveout the Amoritesfrom beforeHis peopleIsrael,are you then to possessit?
