Joshua 17:14–18

¹⁴And the sons of Joseph speak with Joshua, saying, ‘Wherefore hast thou given to me an inheritance—one lot and one portion, and I a numerous people? hitherto hath Jehovah blessed me.’ ¹⁵And Joshua saith unto them, ‘If thou art a numerous people, go up for thee to the forest, then thou hast prepared for thee there, in the land of the Perizzite, and of the Rephaim, when mount Ephraim hath been narrow for thee.’ ¹⁶And the sons of Joseph say, ‘The hill is not found to us, and a chariot of iron is with every Canaanite who is dwelling in the land of the valley—to him who is in Beth-Shean and its towns, and to him who is in the valley of Jezreel.’ ¹⁷And Joshua speaketh unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, ‘Thou art a numerous people, and hast great power; thou hast not one lot only, ¹⁸because the mountain is thine; because it is a forest—thou hast prepared it, and its outgoings have been thine; because thou dost dispossess the Canaanite, though it hath chariots of iron—though it is strong.’

Chapter 18