Joshua:17

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* And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh ; for he was the first-born of Joseph . As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh , the father of Gilead , because he was a man of war , therefore he had Gilead and Bashan . * And the lot was 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 were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families . * But 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 : 'The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren '; therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father . * And there fell ten parts to Manasseh , beside the land of Gilead and Bashan , which is beyond the Jordan ; * because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons ; and the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh . * And the border of Manasseh was , beginning from Asher , Michmethath , which is before Shechem ; and the border went along to the right hand , unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah .-- * The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh ; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim .-- * And the border went down unto the brook of Kanah , southward of the brook , by cities which belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh ; but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea : * southward it was Ephraim 's , and northward it was Manasseh 's , and the sea was his border ; and they reached to Asher on the north , and to Issachar on the east . * And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns , and Ibleam and its towns , and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns , and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns , and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns , and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns , even the three regions . * Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities ; but the Canaanites were resolved to dwell in that land . * And it came to pass , when the children of Israel were waxen strong , that they put the Canaanites to taskwork , but did not utterly drive them out . * And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua , saying : 'Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance , seeing I am a great people , forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me thus ?' * 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 .' * 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 , both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns , and they who are in the valley of Jezreel .' * And Joshua spoke unto the house of Joseph , even 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 ; for though it is a forest , thou shalt cut it down , and the goings out thereof shall be thine ; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites , though they have chariots of iron , and though they be strong .'

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