Joshua:17

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* And the lot came to the tribe of Manasseh (for he was the firstborn of Joseph ), to Machir , the firstborn of Manasseh , the father of Gilead , for he was a man of war , and he had Gilead and Bashan . * There was also [a portion ] for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families : for the children of Abiezer , and for the children of Helek , and for the children of Asriel , and for the children of Shechem , and for the children of Hepher , and for the children of Shemida : these are the children of Manasseh , the son of Joseph , the males , according to their families . * And Zelophehad , the son of Hepher , the son of Gilead , the son of Machir , the son of Manasseh , had no sons , but daughters ; and these are the names of his daughters : Mahlah , and Noah , Hoglah , Milcah , and Tirzah . * And they came near before Eleazar the priest , and before Joshua the son of Nun , and before the princes , saying , Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren . And he gave them according to the commandment of Jehovah an inheritance among the brethren of their father . * And there fell ten portions to Manasseh , besides the land of Gilead and Bashan , which are beyond the Jordan . * For the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons ; and the rest of Manasseh 's sons had the land of Gilead . * And the territory of Manasseh was from Asher to Micmethath , which is before Shechem , and the border went on the right hand toward the inhabitants of En-Tappuah . * Manasseh had the land of Tappuah ; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim . * And the border descended to the torrent Kanah , south of the torrent . These cities were Ephraim 's among the cities of Manasseh . And the territory of Manasseh was on the north side of the torrent , and ended at the sea . * Southward it was Ephraim 's , and northward it was Manasseh 's , and the sea was his border . And they touched upon Asher on the north , and upon Issachar on the east . * And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher , Beth-shean and its dependent villages , and Ibleam and its dependent villages , and the inhabitants of Dor and its dependent villages , and the inhabitants of En-Dor and its dependent villages , and the inhabitants of Taanach and its dependent villages , and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its dependent villages , the three hilly regions . * But the children of Manasseh could not dispossess [the inhabitants of ] those cities ; and the Canaanites would dwell in that land . * And it came to pass when the children of Israel were become strong , that they made the Canaanites tributary ; but they did not utterly dispossess them . * And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua , saying , Why hast thou given me as inheritance one lot and one portion , seeing I am a great people , forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed me hitherto ? * And Joshua said unto them , If thou art a great people , then get thee up to the wood , and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants , if the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee . * And the children of Joseph said , The hill-country will not be enough for us ; and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron , those that are of Beth-shean and its dependent villages , and those that are in the valley of Jizreel . * And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph , to Ephraim and to Manasseh , saying , Thou art a great people , and hast great power : thou shalt not have one lot only , * but the hill-country shall be thine , as it is a wood , thou shalt cut it down , and its outgoings shall be thine ; for thou shalt dispossess the Canaanites , though they have iron chariots ; for they are powerful .

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