Joshua 17

vayehi haggoral lematteh menasheh ki-hu bekhor yosef lemakhir bekhor menasheh avi haggilad ki hu hayah ish milkhamah vayehi-lo haggilad vehabbashan

And this is the portion that fell by lot to the tribe of Manasseh—for he was Joseph’s first-born. Since Machir, the first-born of Manasseh and the father of Gilead, was a valiant warrior, Gilead and Bashan were assigned to him.

vayehi livne menasheh hannotarim lemishpekhotam livne avi'ezer velivne-kheleq velivne asri'el velivne-shekhem velivne-khefer velivne shemida elleh bene menasheh ven-yosef hazzekharim lemishpekhotam

And now assignments were made to the remaining Manassites, by their clans: the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. Those were the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, by their clans.

velitslofkhad ben-khefer ben-gilad ben-makhir ben-menasheh lo-hayu lo banim ki im-banot ve'elleh shemot benotayw makhlah veno'ah khoglah milkah vetirtsah

Now Zelophehad son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh had no sons, but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

vattiqravnah lifne elazar hakkohen velifne yehoshua bin-nun velifne hannesi'im lemor Adonai tsivvah et-mosheh latet-lanu nakhalah betokh akhenu vayyitten lahem el-pi Adonai nakhalah betokh akhe avihen

They appeared before the priest Eleazar, Joshua son of Nun, and the chieftains, saying: “GOD commanded Moses to grant us a portion among our male kinsmen.” So, in accordance with GOD’s instructions, they were granted a portion among their father’s kinsmen.

vayyippelu khavle-menasheh asarah levad me'erets haggilad vehabbashan asher me'ever layyarden

Ten districts fell to Manasseh, apart from the lands of Gilead and Bashan, which are across the Jordan.

ki benot menasheh nakhalu nakhalah betokh banayw ve'erets haggilad hayetah livne-menasheh hannotarim

Manasseh’s daughters inherited a portion in these together with his sons, while the land of Gilead was assigned to the rest of Manasseh’s descendants.

vayehi gevul-menasheh me'asher hammikhmetat asher al-pene shekhem vehalakh haggevul el-hayyamin el-yosheve en tappuakh

The boundary of Manasseh ran from Asher to Michmethath, which lies near Shechem. The boundary continued to the right, toward the inhabitants of En-tappuah.—

limnasheh hayetah erets tappuakh vetappuakh el-gevul menasheh livne efrayim

The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.—

veyarad haggevul nakhal qanah negbah lannakhal arim ha'elleh le'efrayim betokh are menasheh ugevul menasheh mitsefon lannakhal vayehi totse'otayw hayyammah

Then the boundary descended to the Wadi Kanah. Those towns to the south of the wadi belonged to Ephraim as an enclave among the towns of Manasseh. The boundary of Manasseh lay north of the wadi and ran on to the Sea.

negbah le'efrayim vetsafonah limnasheh vayehi hayyam gevulo uve'asher yifge'un mitsafon uveyissashkhar mimmizrakh

What lay to the south belonged to Ephraim, and what lay to the north belonged to Manasseh, with the Sea as its boundary. [This territory] was contiguous with Asher on the north and with Issachar on the east.

vayehi limnasheh beyissashkhar uve'asher bet-she'an uvenoteha veyivle'am uvenoteha ve'et-yosheve dor uvenoteha veyosheve en-dor uvenoteha veyosheve tanakh uvenoteha veyosheve megiddo uvenoteha sheloshet hannafet

Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh possessed Beth-shean and its dependencies, Ibleam and its dependencies, the inhabitants of Dor and its dependencies, the inhabitants of En-dor and its dependencies, the inhabitants of Taanach and its dependencies, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its dependencies: these constituted three regions.

velo yakhelu bene menasheh lehorish et-he'arim ha'elleh vayyo'el hakkena'ani lashevet ba'arets hazzot

The Manassites could not dispossess [the inhabitants of] these towns, and the Canaanites stubbornly remained in this region.

vayehi ki khazequ bene yisra'el vayyittenu et-hakkena'ani lamas vehoresh lo horisho

When the Israelites became stronger, they imposed tribute on the Canaanites; but they did not dispossess them.

vayedabberu bene yosef et-yehoshua lemor maddua natattah li nakhalah goral ekhad vekhevel ekhad va'ani am-rav ad asher-ad-koh berekhani Adonai

The Josephites complained to Joshua, saying, “Why have you assigned as our portion a single allotment and a single district, seeing that we are a numerous people whom GOD has blessed so greatly?”

vayyomer alehem yehoshua im-am-rav attah aleh lekha hayyarah uvereta lekha sham be'erets happerizzi veharefa'im ki-ats lekha har-efrayim

“If you are a numerous people,” Joshua answered them, “go up to the forest country and clear an area for yourselves there, in the territory of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, seeing that you are cramped in the hill country of Ephraim.”

vayyomeru bene yosef lo-yimmatse lanu hahar verekhev barzel bekhol-hakkena'ani hayyoshev be'erets-ha'emeq la'asher bevet-she'an uvenoteha vela'asher be'emeq yizre'el

“The hill country is not enough for us,” the Josephites replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley area have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its dependencies and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

vayyomer yehoshua el-bet yosef le'efrayim velimnasheh lemor am-rav attah vekhoakh gadol lakh lo-yihyeh lekha goral ekhad

But Joshua declared to the House of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, “You are indeed a numerous people, possessed of great strength; you shall not have one allotment only.

ki har yihyeh-llakh ki-ya'ar hu uvereto vehayah lekha totse'otayw ki-torish et-hakkena'ani ki rekhev barzel lo ki khazaq hu

The hill country shall be yours as well; true, it is forest land, but you will clear it and possess it to its farthest limits. And you shall also dispossess the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and even though they are strong.”