Verse 16
Joshua 17:16
English Revised Version
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And the children of Joseph said, The hill country 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 in Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף לֹֽא יִמָּ֥צֵא לָ֖/נוּ הָ/הָ֑ר וְ/רֶ֣כֶב בַּרְזֶ֗ל בְּ/כָל הַֽ/כְּנַעֲנִי֙ הַ/יֹּשֵׁ֣ב בְּ/אֶֽרֶץ הָ/עֵ֔מֶק לַֽ/אֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּ/בֵית שְׁאָן֙ וּ/בְנוֹתֶ֔י/הָ וְ/לַֽ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּ/עֵ֥מֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל
English Translation
And the sons of Joseph said, "We will not find for us the mountain and iron chariots in all the Canaanite that dwells in the land of the valley, which is in Beth Shan and her daughters and in the valley of Jezreel."
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