Joshua 17:14

Tree of Life Version

Then the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua saying: “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? For we are a numerous people whom Adonai has thus far blessed?”

Cross References

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will become great. But his younger brother will become greater than he and his seed will be the fullness of the nations.”

Genesis 48:20

Then he blessed them that day saying, “In you shall Israel bless by saying: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.’” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 48:22

Now I myself give you one portion more than your brothers, that which I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

Ezekiel 48:5

Next to the territory of Manasseh, from the east side to the west will be Ephraim’s one.

Numbers 13:7

From the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph.

Numbers 26:54

For the larger, you are to make his inheritance larger, and to the smaller you are to make his inheritance smaller. Each is to receive his inheritance in proportion to his population.

Numbers 36:12

They married within the families of the sons of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their ancestral family.

Joshua 16:4

So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their portion.

Joshua 17:15

So Joshua said to them, “If you have so many people, go you up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”