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¹ This was also the lot of the tribe of Manasseh: for he was the first borne of Ioseph, to wit, of Machir the first borne of Manasseh, and the father of Gilead: nowe because he was a man of warre, he had Gilead and Bashan.

² There was also [a lot] for theFor the other half tribe had their portion beyond Jordan.rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these [were] the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.

³ But Zelophehad the sonne of Hephir, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, ye sonne of Manasseh, had no sonnes, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah:

⁴ And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among ourAmong them of our tribe.brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

⁵ And there fell ten portions toIn the land of canaan: five to the males: and other five to the daughters of Zelophehad.Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which [were] on the other side Jordan;

⁶ Because the daughters of Manasseh did inherite among his sonnes: and Manassehs other sonnes had the land of Gilead.

⁷ So the borders of Manasseh were from Asher to Michmethah that lieth before Shechem, and this border goeth on the right hand, euen vnto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

⁸ [Now] Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: butMeaning, the city itself.Tappuah on the border of Manasseh [belonged] to the children of Ephraim;

⁹ And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim [are] among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also [was] on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at theThat is, toward the main sea.sea:

¹⁰ Southward [it was] Ephraim's, and northward [it was] Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together inIn the tribe of Asher, and tribe of Issachar.Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

¹¹ And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, Beth-shean, and her townes, and Ibleam, and her townes, and the inhabitants of Dor with ye townes thereof, and the inhabitants of En-dor with the townes thereof, and the inhabitants of Thaanach with her townes, and the inhabitants of Megiddo with the townes of the same, euen three countreis.

¹² Yet the children of ManassehFor at first they lacked courage, and later agreed with them on condition, contrary to God's commandment.could not drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

¹³ Neuerthelesse, when the children of Israel were strong, they put the Canaanites vnder tribute, but cast them not out wholy.

¹⁴ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me [but] one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I [am] a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hathAccording to my father Jacob's prophecy, (Gen_48:19).blessed me hitherto?

¹⁵ And Joshua answered them, If thou [be] a great people, [then] get thee up to the wood [country], and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants,If this mount is not large enough, why do you not get more by destroying God's enemies, as he has commanded.if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

¹⁶ Then the children of Ioseph saide, The mountaine will not be ynough for vs: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the lowe countrey haue charets of yron, aswell they in Beth-shean, and in the townes of the same, as they in the valley of Izreel.

¹⁷ And Ioshua spake vnto the house of Ioseph, to Ephraim, and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power, and shalt not haue one lot.

¹⁸ But the mountain shall be thine; for it [is] a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine:So that you shall enlarge your portion by it.for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, [and] though they [be] strong.