Joshua 17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And the lot for the tribe of Menashsheh, for he was the first-born of Yosĕ

² And for the rest of the children of Menashsheh for their clans there was: for the children of Aḇ

³ But Tselophḥ

⁴ And they came near before Elʽ

⁵ And ten portions fell to Menashsheh, besides the land of Gilʽ

⁶ because the daughters of Menashsheh received an inheritance among his sons. And the rest of Menashsheh’s sons had the land of Gilʽ

⁷ And the border of Menashsheh was from Ashĕ

⁸ The land of Tappuwaḥ

⁹ And the border went down to the wadi Qanah, southward to the wadi. These cities of Ephrayim were in the midst of the cities of Menashsheh, but the border of Menashsheh was north of the wadi, and it ended at the sea.

¹⁰ Southward it was Ephrayim’s, and northward it was Menashsheh’s, and the sea was its border, and they reached to Ashĕ

¹¹ And in Yissasḵ

¹² But the children of Menashsheh were unable to drive out the inhabitants of those cities, for the Kenaʽ

¹³ And it came to be, when the children of Yisra’ĕ

¹⁴ And the children of Yosĕ

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.”

¹⁶ Then the children of Yosĕ

¹⁷ And Yehoshua spoke to the house of Yosĕ

¹⁸ for the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and its farthest limits shall be yours. For you are to drive out the Kenaʽ