Joshua 17:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴ The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed us abundantly.”^(A)

¹⁵ “If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest^(B) and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites^(C) and Rephaites.^(D)”

¹⁶ The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron,^(E) both those in Beth Shan^(F) and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”^(G)