Joshua 17:16-18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ But the descendants of Joseph said, ‘The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who inhabit the valley area have iron chariots, both at Beth-shean with its surrounding villages and in the Jezreel Valley.’

¹⁷ So Joshua replied to Joseph’s family (that is, Ephraim and Manasseh), ‘You have many people and great strength. You will not have only one area of land allotted to you, ¹⁸ because the hill country will be yours also. It is a forest; clear it and its outlying areas will be yours. You can also drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.’