Joshua 17:14

New International Version

The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed us abundantly.”

Cross References

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”

Genesis 48:20

He blessed them that day and said, “In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’ ” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

Genesis 48:22

And to you I give one more ridge of land than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

Ezekiel 48:5

“Ephraim will have one portion; it will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.

Numbers 13:7

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

Numbers 26:54

To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one; each is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those listed.

Numbers 36:12

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

Joshua 16:4

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

Joshua 17:15

“If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”