Joshua 17:14-16

New King James Version

More Land for Ephraim and Manasseh

^14 (A)Then the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given us only ^(B)one ^[a]lot and one share to inherit, since we are ^(C)a great people, inasmuch as the Lord has blessed us until now?”

¹⁵ So Joshua answered them, “If you are a great people, then go up to the forest country and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the giants, since the mountains of Ephraim are too confined for you.”

¹⁶ But the children of Joseph said, “The mountain country is not enough for us; and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have ^(D)chariots of iron, both those who are of Beth Shean and its towns and those who are ^(E)of the Valley of Jezreel.”