Chapter 17 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the
firstborn of Joseph.
To it, from Maker, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead,
because he was a man of war.
Therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh, by their families.
For the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helik, and for the children of
Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hefer,
and for the children of Shemaida.
These were the male children of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, by their families.
But Zelophehad, the son of Hefer, the son of Gilead, the son of Maker,
the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters.
And these are the names of his daughters, Malah, and Noah, Haglah, Milcah,
and Tirzah.
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 our brethren.
Therefore, according to the commandment of the Lord, he gave them an inheritance
among the brethren of their father.
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh beside the land of Gilead and Bashan,
which were on the other side of Jordan, because the daughters of Manasseh had an
inheritance among his sons, and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Mikmathah, that lieth before Shechem.
And the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Antapua.
Now Manasseh had the land of Tapua, but Tapua on the border of Manasseh
belonged to the children of Ephraim.
And the coast descended unto the river Cana, 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 the sea.
Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his
border.
And they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
And Manasseh had in Issachar, and in Asher Bethshean, and her towns, and Iblium,
and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor, and her towns, and the inhabitants of
Endor, and her towns, and the inhabitants of Tanakh, and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Megiddo, and her towns, even three countries.
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities,
but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put
the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
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 hath blessed me hitherto?
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood
country, and cut down for thyself therein the land of the Perizzites and of the
giants, if Mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us,
and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron,
both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of
Jezreel.
And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh,
saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power.
Thou shalt not have one lot only, 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.
For thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots,
and though they be strong.