Verse 15

Joshua 17:15

Geneva Bible

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15 Ioshua then answered them, If thou be much people, get thee vp to the wood, and cut trees for thy selfe there in the lande of the Perizzites, and of the gyants, if mount Ephraim be too narowe for thee.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵי/הֶ֜ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ אִם עַם רַ֤ב אַתָּה֙ עֲלֵ֣ה לְ/ךָ֣ הַ/יַּ֔עְרָ/ה וּ/בֵרֵאתָ֤ לְ/ךָ֙ שָׁ֔ם בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ הַ/פְּרִזִּ֖י וְ/הָֽ/רְפָאִ֑ים כִּֽי אָ֥ץ לְ/ךָ֖ הַר אֶפְרָֽיִם

English Translation

And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest country and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”

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Chapter 17 Context

1 This was also the lot of the tribe of Manasseh: for he was the first borne of Ioseph, to wit, of Mac... Focus ↗

2 And also of the rest of the sonnes of Manasseh by their families, euen of the sonnes of Abiezer, and... Focus ↗

3 But Zelophehad the sonne of Hephir, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, ye sonne of Manasseh,... Focus ↗

4 Which came before Eleazar the Priest, and before Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and before the princes, sa... Focus ↗

5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other... Focus ↗

6 Because the daughters of Manasseh did inherite among his sonnes: and Manassehs other sonnes had the... Focus ↗

7 So the borders of Manasseh were from Asher to Michmethah that lieth before Shechem, and this border... Focus ↗

8 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah beside the border of Manasseh belongeth to the... Focus ↗

9 Also this border goeth downe vnto the riuer Kanah Southward to the riuer: these cities of Ephraim ar... Focus ↗

10 The South perteyneth to Ephraim, and the North to Manasseh, and the Sea is his border: and they met... Focus ↗

11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, Beth-shean, and her townes, and Ibleam, and her townes, a... Focus ↗

12 Yet the children of Manasseh coulde not destroy those cities, but the Canaanites dwelled still in th... Focus ↗

13 Neuerthelesse, when the children of Israel were strong, they put the Canaanites vnder tribute, but c... Focus ↗

14 Then the children of Ioseph spake vnto Ioshua, saying, Why hast thou giuen me but one lot, and one p... Focus ↗

15 Ioshua then answered them, If thou be much people, get thee vp to the wood, and cut trees for thy se...

16 Then the children of Ioseph saide, The mountaine will not be ynough for vs: and all the Canaanites t... Focus ↗

17 And Ioshua spake vnto the house of Ioseph, to Ephraim, and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great peo... Focus ↗

18 Therefore the mountaine shall be thine: for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it downe: and the endes... Focus ↗

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Book: Joshua
Chapter: Chapter 17 (18 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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