Joshua 17:14-16

Lexham English Bible

The Tribes of Joseph Object

¹⁴ The descendants^[a] of Joseph spoke with Joshua, saying, “Why have you given us^[b] one allotment and one share as an inheritance? We are many people, which Yahweh has blessed.” ¹⁵ And Joshua said to them, “If you are many people, go up to the forest and clear a place there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites^[c] and Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” ¹⁶ And the descendants^[d] of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all of the Canaanites^[e] living in the land of the valley have chariots^[f] of iron, those in Beth-shean and its villages, and those in the Jezreel Valley.”