Joshua 17:14
“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 hath blessed me hitherto?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Joshua 17:14 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und die Kinder Joseph redeten zu Josua und sprachen: Warum hast du mir nur ein Los und eine Meßschnur als Erbteil gegeben, da ich doch ein zahlreiches Volk bin, soweit Jehova mich bis jetzt gesegnet hat?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y los hijos de José hablaron á Josué, diciendo: ¿Por qué me has dado por heredad una sola suerte y una sola parte, siendo yo un pueblo tan grande y que Jehová me ha así bendecido hasta ahora?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E os filhos de José falaram a Josué, dizendo: Por que me deste por herança uma só porção e uma só parte, sendo eu um povo tão grande e que o SENHOR me abençoou assim até agora?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Então, os descendentes de José disseram a Josué: "Por que nos deste somente uma porção de terra e uma porção por herança, visto que somos um povo grande em número e Yahweh sempre nos tem abençoado?".
📖 Joshua 17:14 in Context
12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13Yet 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.
14And 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?
15And 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 mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16And 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 Beth–shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
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