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Joshua 17:16-18

16And the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559,The hillהָהָ֑רha.HarH2022is not enoughיִמָּ֥צֵאyi.Ma.tze'H4672for us: and all the Canaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669that dwellהַיֹּשֵׁ֣בhai.yo.ShevH3427in the landבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776of the valleyהָעֵ֔מֶקha.'E.mekH6010have chariotsוְרֶ֣כֶבve.Re.khevH7393of ironבַּרְזֶ֗לbar.ZelH1270, both they who areof Beth–sheanH1052and her townsוּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָu.ve.no.Tei.haH1323, and they who areof the valleyבְּעֵ֥מֶקbe.'E.mekH6010of Jezreelיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yiz.re.'ElH3157.

17And Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'H3091spakeוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130, evento Ephraimלְאֶפְרַ֥יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669and to Manassehוְלִמְנַשֶּׁ֖הve.lim.na.ShehH4519,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Thou arta greatרַ֣בravH7227peopleעַם־'am-H5971,and hast greatגָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlH1419powerוְכֹ֤חַve.Kho.achH3581:thou shalt not have oneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259lotגּוֹרָ֥לgo.RalH1486only:

18But the mountainהַ֤רharH2022shall be thine; for it isa woodיַ֣עַרYa.'arH3293,and thou shalt cut it downוּבֵ֣רֵאת֔וֹu.Ve.re.ToH1254:and the outgoingsתֹּֽצְאֹתָ֑יוto.tze.'o.TavH8444of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive outתוֹרִ֣ישׁto.RishH3423the Canaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֗יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669,though they have ironבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270chariotsרֶ֤כֶבRe.khevH7393, and though they bestrongחָזָ֖קcha.ZakH2389.

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