Joshua 17:14

The Passion Translation

One day, the descendants of Joseph came to Joshua and said, “Yahweh has blessed us with many people, but you have given us only one part of the land. We ought to have more land!”

Cross References

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. Manasseh’s descendants will also multiply and become a great people. His younger brother will become even greater than he, and his tribe will one day give rise to many nations.”

Genesis 48:20

So Jacob blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will use your names when they pronounce blessings! They will say, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh!’ ” So the crossing of his arms during Jacob’s blessing put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

Genesis 48:22

I give you one mountain slope more than your brothers, the mountain slope of Shechem, the fertile region I took from the Amorites with my own sword and my own bow.”

Joshua 16:4

Ephraim and Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph, inherited this entire territory.

Joshua 17:15

Joshua said to them, “If the hill country of Ephraim is too small for the large number of people in your tribes, then go into the forests which belong to the Perizzites and the Rephaites, and clear ground for yourselves there.”