Joshua 17:14
And the sons of Joseph answered Joshua, saying, Wherefore hast thou caused us to inherit one inheritance, and one line? whereas I am a great people, and God has blessed me.
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Genesis 48:19And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Genesis 48:22And I give to thee Shechem, a select portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.
Numbers 26:34And these are the sons of Gilead; to Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; to Helek, the family of the Helekites.
Numbers 36:12they were married to men of the tribe of Manasseh of the sons of Joseph; and their inheritance was attached to the tribe of their father’s family.
Deuteronomy 33:17His beauty is as the firstling of his bull, 1 His horns are the horns of a unicorn; 1 With them he shall thrust the nations at once, even from the end of the earth: 1 These are the ten thousands of Ephraim, 1 And these are the thousands of Manasseh.
Ezekiel 48:5And from the borders of Manasseh, from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts, for Ephraim, one.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 17:8-14
7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but 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 the sea: 10… Read the whole commentary →