Joshua 17:14–18

¹⁴Then the ^asons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me only one lot and one portion for an inheritance, since I am a numerous people whom Yahweh has thus far blessed?”

¹⁵And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go ¹up to the forest and ²clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”

¹⁶And the sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have ^achariots of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel.”

¹⁷Then Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only,

¹⁸but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall ¹clear it, and to its ²farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall dispossess the Canaanites, even though they have ^achariots of iron and even though they are strong.”