Joshua 17
1 And the borders of the tribe of the
children of Manasse, (for he was the first-born
aGr. to.of Joseph,) assigned to Machir the first-born of
Manasse the father of Galaad, for he was a warrior,
were in the land of Galaad and of Basan.
2 And there was
land assigned to the other sons of Manasse according
to their families; to the sons of Jezi, and to the sons of Kelez, and to the
sons of Jeziel, and to the sons of Sychem, and to the sons of Symarim, and to
the sons of Opher: these are the males according to
their families.
3 And Salpaad the son of Opher had no
sons but daughters: and these are the names of the
daughters of Salpaad; Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
4 And they stood before Eleazar the
priest, and before Joshua, and before the rulers, saying, God gave a charge by
the hand of Moses, to give us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren: so
there was given to them by the command of the Lord an inheritance among the
brethren of their father. 5 And their
lot fell to them from Anassa, and
to the plain of Labec of the land of Galaad, which is
beyond Jordan. 6 For the daughters of
the sons of Manasse inherited a portion in the midst of their brethren, and
the land of Galaad was assigned to the remainder of the sons of Manasse.
7 And the borders of the sons of
Manasse were Delanath, which is before the sons of Anath, and it proceeds to
the borders even to Jamin and Jassib to the fountain
of Thaphthoth. 8 It shall belong to
Manasse, and Thapheth on the borders of Manasse
shall belong to the sons of Ephraim.
9 And the borders shall go down to the
valley of Carana southward by the valley of Jariel, (there is
a turpentine tree belonging to Ephraim between
that and the city of Manasse:) and the borders of
Manasse are northward to the brook; and the sea shall
be its termination. 10 Southward
the land belongs to Ephraim, and northward to
Manasse; and the sea shall be their coast; and northward they shall border
upon
bAlex. Aser.Aseb, and eastward upon Issachar.
11 And Manasses shall have in
the portion of Issachar and Aser Bæthsan and their
villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, and its villages, and the inhabitants of
Mageddo, and its villages, and the third part of Mapheta, and its villages.
12 And the sons of Manasse were not
able to destroy these cities; and the Chananite began to dwell in
cGr. this.that land. 13 And it came to pass
that when the children of Israel were strong, they made the Chananites
subject, but they did not utterly destroy them.
14 And the sons of Joseph answered
Joshua, saying, Wherefore hast thou caused us to inherit one inheritance, and
one line? whereas I am a great people, and God has blessed me.
15 And Joshua said to them, If thou
be a great people, go up to the forest, and clear
the land for thyself, if mount Ephraim be too little
for thee. 16 And they said, The mount
of Ephraim does not please us, and the Chananite dwelling in it in Bæthsan,
and in its villages, and in the valley of Jezrael,
has choice cavalry and iron. 17 And
Joshua said to the sons of Joseph, If thou art a great people, and hast great
strength, thou shalt not have only one inheritance.
18 For thou shalt have the wood, for
there is a wood, and thou shalt clear it, and
the land shall be thine; even when thou shalt have
utterly destroyed the Chananite, for he has chosen cavalry; yet thou art
stronger than he.