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Joshua 17 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 - And the borders of the tribe of the children of Manasse, (for he was the first-born [fn]of Joseph,) assigned to Machir the first-born of Manasse the father of Galaad, for he was a warrior, were in the land of Galaad and of Basan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2 - And there was land assigned to the other sons of Manasse according to their families; to the sons of Jezi, and to the sons of Kelez, and to the sons of Jeziel, and to the sons of Sychem, and to the sons of Symarim, and to the sons of Opher: these are the males according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:3 - And Salpaad the son of Opher had no sons but daughters: and these are the names of the daughters of Salpaad; Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4 - And they stood before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua, and before the rulers, saying, God gave a charge by the hand of Moses, to give us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren: so there was given to them by the command of the Lord an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:5 - And their lot fell to them from Anassa, and to the plain of Labec of the land of Galaad, which is beyond Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:6 - For the daughters of the sons of Manasse inherited a portion in the midst of their brethren, and the land of Galaad was assigned to the remainder of the sons of Manasse.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:7 - And the borders of the sons of Manasse were Delanath, which is before the sons of Anath, and it proceeds to the borders even to Jamin and Jassib to the fountain of Thaphthoth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:8 - It shall belong to Manasse, and Thapheth on the borders of Manasse shall belong to the sons of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - And the borders shall go down to the valley of Carana southward by the valley of Jariel, (there is a turpentine tree belonging to Ephraim between that and the city of Manasse:) and the borders of Manasse are northward to the brook; and the sea shall be its termination.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - Southward the land belongs to Ephraim, and northward to Manasse; and the sea shall be their coast; and northward they shall border upon [fn]Aseb, and eastward upon Issachar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:11 - And Manasses shall have in the portion of Issachar and Aser Bæthsan and their villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, and its villages, and the inhabitants of Mageddo, and its villages, and the third part of Mapheta, and its villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:12 - And the sons of Manasse were not able to destroy these cities; and the Chananite began to dwell in [fn]that land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:13 - And it came to pass that when the children of Israel were strong, they made the Chananites subject, but they did not utterly destroy them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - And Joshua said to them, If thou be a great people, go up to the forest, and clear the land for thyself, if mount Ephraim be too little for thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16 - And they said, The mount of Ephraim does not please us, and the Chananite dwelling in it in Bæthsan, and in its villages, and in the valley of Jezrael, has choice cavalry and iron.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:17 - And Joshua said to the sons of Joseph, If thou art a great people, and hast great strength, thou shalt not have only one inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - For thou shalt have the wood, for there is a wood, and thou shalt clear it, and the land shall be thine; even when thou shalt have utterly destroyed the Chananite, for he has chosen cavalry; yet thou art stronger than he.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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