Joshua 17:13-15

Lexham English Bible

¹³ And it happened, when the Israelites^[a] grew strong, they put the Canaanites^[b] to forced labor but never drove them out completely.

The Tribes of Joseph Object

¹⁴ The descendants^[c] of Joseph spoke with Joshua, saying, “Why have you given us^[d] one allotment and one share as an inheritance? We are many people, which Yahweh has blessed.” ¹⁵ And Joshua said to them, “If you are many people, go up to the forest and clear a place there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites^[e] and Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”