Joshua 17:14

The Scriptures 2009

And the children of Yosĕph spoke to Yehoshua, saying, “Why have you given us but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we are a great people whom יהוה has blessed until now?”

Cross References

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also becomes a people, and he also is great. And yet, his younger brother is greater than he, and his seed is to become the completeness of the nations.”

Genesis 48:20

And he blessed them on that day, saying, “In you Yisra’ĕl shall bless, saying, ‘Elohim make you as Ephrayim and as Menashsheh!’ ” Thus he put Ephrayim before Menashsheh.

Genesis 48:22

And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Ezekiel 48:5

“And by the border of Menashsheh, from the east side to the west, Ephrayim: one.

Numbers 13:7

From the tribe of Yissasḵar: Yiḡ’al, son of Yosĕph.

Numbers 26:54

“To the large one you give a larger inheritance, and to the small one you give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given its inheritance according to their registered ones.

Numbers 36:12

And they were married into the clans of the children of Menashsheh, the son of Yosĕph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father’s clan.

Joshua 16:4

Thus the children of Yosĕph, Menashsheh and Ephrayim, inherited.

Joshua 17:15

And Yehoshua said to them, “If you are a great people, go up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the Repha’ites, since the hill country of Ephrayim is too narrow for you.”