There was a strife between the herdsmen of Avram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Kena`ani and the Perizzi lived in the land at that time.
Joshua 17:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Yehoshua said to them, If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzi and of the Refa'im; since the hill country of Efrayim is too narrow for you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Joshua replied, If you are a great people, get up to the forest and clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the Ephraim hill country is too narrow for you. American Standard Version (1901) And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee. Common English Bible Then Joshua said, “Yes, you are a numerous people. So go up to the forest and clear ground for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaim, because the Ephraimite highland is too small for you.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Joshua said to them, "If you are a numerous people, go up into the forest, and cut out space for yourself in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Josue said to them: If thou be a great people, go up into the woodland, and cut down room for thyself in the land of the Pherezite and the Raphaims: because the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for thee. |
There was a strife between the herdsmen of Avram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Kena`ani and the Perizzi lived in the land at that time.
In the fourteenth year Kedorla`omer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Refa'im in `Ashterot-Karnayim, and the Zuzim in Cham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiryatayim,
So the people went out into the field against Yisra'el: and the battle was in the forest of Efrayim.
Now the Pelishtim had come and spread themselves in the valley of Refa'im.
The Pelishtim came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Refa'im.
Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people of Yisra'el, and the Kohanim and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, even of the Kena`anim, the Chitti, the Perizzi, the Yevusi, the `Ammonim, the Mo`avim, the Egyptians, and the Amori.
I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Kena`ani, the Amori, and the Chittite, and the Perizzi, the Chivvi, and the Yevusi:
but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
The children of Yosef spoke to Yehoshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because hitherto the LORD has blessed me?
The children of Yosef said, The hill country is not enough for us: and all the Kena`anim who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beit-Shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Yizre`el.
There was a man of the hill country of Efrayim, whose name was Mikhah.