1 Também coube sorte à tribo de Manassés, porquanto era o primogênito de José. Maquir, o primogênito de Manassés, pai de Gileade, porquanto era homem de guerra, teve a Gileade e Basã;2 Também os demais filhos de Manassés tiveram a sua parte, segundo as suas famílias, a saber: Os filhos de Abiezer, e os filhos de Heleque, e os filhos de Asriel, e os filhos de Siquém, e os filhos de Hefer, e os filhos de Semida; esses são os filhos de Manassés, filho de José, segundo as suas famílias.3 Zelofeade, porém, filho de Hefer, filho de Gileade, filho de Maquir, filho de Manassés, não teve filhos, mas só filhas; e estes são os nomes de suas filhas: Maalá, Noa, Hogla, Milca e Tirza.4 Estas, pois, chegaram diante de Eleazar, o sacerdote, e diante de Josué, filho de Num, e diante dos príncipes, dizendo: O Senhor ordenou a Moisés que se nos desse herança no meio de nossos irmãos, pelo que, conforme a ordem do Senhor, lhes deu herança no meio dos irmãos de seu pai.5 E couberam a Manassés dez quinhões, afora a terra de Gileade e Basã, que está além do Jordão;6 Porque as filhas de Manassés receberam herança entre os filhos dele; e os outros filhos de Manassés ficaram com a terra de Gileade.7 E o termo de Manassés foi desde Aser até Micmetá, que está defronte de Siquém; e estende-se este termo à direita até os moradores de En-Tapua.8 Tinha Manassés a terra de Tapua; porém Tapua, junto ao termo de Manassés, pertencia aos filhos de Efraim.9 Então descia este termo ao ribeiro de Caná. A Efraim couberam as cidades ao sul do ribeiro, entre as cidades de Manassés; e o termo de Manassés estava ao norte do ribeiro, indo terminar no mar.10 Efraim ao sul, e Manassés ao norte, e o mar é o seu termo; pelo norte tocam em Aser, e pelo oriente em Issacar.11 Porque em Issacar e em Aser tinha Manassés a Bete-Seã e as suas vilas, e Ibleã e as suas vilas, e os habitantes de Dor e as suas vilas, e os habitantes de En-Dor e as suas vilas, e os habitantes de Taanaque e as suas vilas, e os habitantes de Megido e as suas vilas; três outeiros.12 E os filhos de Manassés não puderam expulsar os habitantes daquelas cidades; porquanto os cananeus queriam habitar na mesma terra.13 E sucedeu que, engrossando em forças os filhos de Israel, fizeram tributários aos cananeus; porém não os expulsaram de todo.14 Então os filhos de José falaram a Josué, dizendo: Por que me deste por herança só uma sorte e um quinhão, sendo eu um tão grande povo, visto que o Senhor até aqui me tem abençoado?15 E disse-lhes Josué: Se tão grande povo és, sobe ao bosque, e ali corta, para ti, lugar na terra dos perizeus e dos refains; pois que as montanhas de Efraim te são tão estreitas.16 Então disseram os filhos de José: As montanhas não nos bastariam; também carros de ferro há entre todos os cananeus que habitam na terra do vale, entre os de Bete-Seã e as suas vilas, e entre os que estão no vale de Jizreel.17 Então Josué falou à casa de José, a Efraim e a Manassés, dizendo: Grande povo és, e grande força tens; não terás uma sorte apenas;18 Porém as montanhas serão tuas. Ainda que é bosque, cortá-lo-ás, e as suas extremidades serão tuas; porque expulsarás os cananeus, ainda que tenham carros de ferro, ainda que sejam fortes.

1 And then came the lot for the tribe of Menasseh; for he was the first–born of Joseph: to wit, for Machir the first–born of Menasseh, the father of Gil’ad; because he was a man of war, therefore he obtained Gil’ad and Bashan.2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Menasseh after their families; for the children of Abi’ezer, and for the children of Chelek, and for the children of Assriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Chepher, and for the children of Shemida’: these were the male children of Menasseh the son of Joseph after their families.3 But Zelophchad, the son of Chepher, the son of Gil’ad, the son of Machir, the son of Menasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters, Machlah, and No’ah, Choglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.4 And they came near before Elazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give unto us an inheritance among our brethren. And he gave them, according to the order of the Lord, an inheritance among the brethren of their father.5 And there fell ten portions of Menasseh, beside the lands of Gil’ad and Bashan, which were on the other side of the Jordan;6 Because the daughters of Menasseh obtained an inheritance among his sons: and the land of Gil’ad belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.7 And the boundary of Menasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, that lieth before Shechem; and the boundary went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of ‘En–tappuach.8 To Menasseh belonged the land of Tappuach; but Tappuach on the borders of Menasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;9 And the boundary descended unto the brook Kanah, southward of the brook; these cities belonging to Ephraim are in the midst of the cities of Menasseh; and the boundary of Menasseh was on the north side of the river, and its terminations were toward the sea:10 Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Menasseh’s, and the sea was there his boundary; and on Asher they touched on the north, and on Issachar on the east.11 And to Menasseh belonged in Issachar and in Asher Beth–shean and its towns, and Yible’am and its towns, together with the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of ‘En–dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Ta’anach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, namely the three districts.12 Yet the children of Menasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of these cities; but the Canaanites succeeded to dwell in this land;13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were become strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but they did not drive them out.14 And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, seeing I am a numerous people, to which extent the Lord hath hitherto blessed me?15 And Joshua said unto them, If thou art a numerous people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down a space for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, if the mountain of Ephraim be too narrow for thee.16 And the children of Joseph said, The mountain will not be enough for us; and chariots of iron are belonging to all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley, to those who are at Beth–shean and its towns, and to those who are in the valley of Yizre’el.17 And Joshua said unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Menasseh, as followeth, Thou art a numerous people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only;18 But the mountain shall be thine; it is indeed a wood, yet thou canst cut it down; and the terminations of it shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, though they be strong.