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Lands, too, must be allotted to Manasses, Joseph’s first-born. The first-born of Manasses was Machir, that was father to Galaad, and he, by feat of arms, made Galaad and Basan his possession. (Joshua 17, 1)
But there were six other lines descended from Manasses through Abiezer, Helec, Esriel, Sechem, Hegher, and Semida; all these were heirs male to Manasses, and so to Joseph. (Joshua 17, 2)
When the tribes descended from Joseph complained to Josue that he had allotted to them only a single division of the country, although the Lord’s blessing had made them so populous, (Joshua 17, 14)
We cannot go across to the hill-country, answered the sons of Joseph; there is a valley in between, where Bethsan lies, with its townships, and Jezrael; and on that low ground there are Chanaanites who have chariots made of iron. (Joshua 17, 16)
But Josue still told the sons of Joseph, the men of Ephraim and Manasses, So great, so powerful a people as you are must not be content with one lot. (Joshua 17, 17)
The land must needs be divided up into seven portions, now that Juda is provided for in the south, and the descendants of Joseph further north. (Joshua 18, 5)
It was the clans of Benjamin whose lot was drawn first; and the territory that fell to them lay between Juda and Joseph. (Joshua 18, 11)
And now the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought with them from Egypt, were buried at Sichem, in the piece of land Jacob bought for a hundred lambs from Hemor, that was father to Sichem; a piece of land that belonged to Joseph’s descendants. (Joshua 24, 32)
Meanwhile the men of Joseph made an expedition against Bethel, where the Lord gave them good speed. (Judges 1, 22)
they still made bold to live on in mount Hares (the Mount of Pottery) and Aialon and Salebim, until at last the rising power of Joseph forced them to become tributaries. (Judges 1, 35)
Why, said he, these were my own brothers, sons of my own mother. As the Lord is a living God, if you had spared these, I would grant you your lives. (Judges 8, 19)
then went back to his father’s house at Ephra and his own brothers, the sons of Jerobaal. He murdered these at one blow,✻ all seventy of them except Joatham, the youngest, who hid away and escaped. (Judges 9, 5)
