Die erfdeel van Manasse.
1 VERDER was dít die lot vir die stam van Manasse, omdat hy die eersgeborene van Josef was: Magir, die eersgeborene van Manasse, die vader van Gílead, het, omdat hy 'n krygsman was, Gílead en Basan ontvang;
2 ook die ander kinders van Manasse, volgens hulle geslagte, het 'n aandeel ontvang: die kinders van Abiëser en die kinders van Helek en die kinders van Ásriël en die kinders van Segem en die kinders van Hefer en die kinders van Semída; dit is die manlike kinders van Manasse, die seun van Josef, volgens hulle geslagte.
3 Maar Selófhad, die seun van Hefer, die seun van Gílead, die seun van Magir, die seun van Manasse, het nie seuns gehad nie, maar net dogters; en dit is die name van sy dogters: Magla en Noa, Hogla, Milka en Tirsa;
4 en hulle het nader gekom voor Eleásar, die priester, en voor Josua, die seun van Nun, en voor die owerstes, en gesê: Die Here het Moses beveel om ons 'n erfdeel te gee onder ons broers. Daarop het hy hulle 'n erfdeel gegee, volgens die bevel van die Here, onder die broers van hulle vader.
5 So het dan aan Manasse tien aandele geval, behalwe die land Gílead en Basan wat oorkant die Jordaan lê.
6 Want die dogters van Manasse het 'n erfdeel ontvang onder sy seuns, terwyl die land Gílead aan die ander kinders van Manasse behoort het.
7 En die lyn van Manasse was: van Aser af na Mígmetat, teenoor Sigem; dan loop die lyn regs na die inwoners van En-Tappúag —
8 die landstreek van Tappúag het behoort aan Manasse, maar Tappúag, aan die grens van Manasse, aan die kinders van Efraim —;
9 verder loop die lyn af na die spruit Kana, suid van die spruit: daardie stede, onder die stede van Manasse, behoort aan Efraim; en die lyn van Manasse is noord van die spruit en loop dood by die see.
10 Suid behoort dit aan Efraim, maar noord aan Manasse; en die see is sy lyn; dan raak hulle in die noorde aan Aser en in die ooste aan Íssaskar.
11 En aan Manasse behoort in Íssaskar en Aser: Bet-Sean met sy onderhorige plekke en Jíbleam met sy onderhorige plekke en die inwoners van Dor met sy onderhorige plekke en die inwoners van En-Dor met sy onderhorige plekke en die inwoners van Táänag met sy onderhorige plekke en die inwoners van Megíddo met sy onderhorige plekke, die drie hoogtes.
12 Maar die kinders van Manasse kon hierdie stede nie in besit neem nie, en die Kanaäniete het verkies om in dié land te bly woon.
13 En toe die kinders van Israel sterker geword het, het hulle die Kanaäniete dienspligtig gemaak, maar hulle nie geheel en al verdrywe nie.
14 Toe het die kinders van Josef met Josua gespreek en gesê: Waarom het u my as erfdeel net een lot en een aandeel gegee terwyl ek tog 'n groot volk is, omdat die Here my tot hiertoe geseën het?
15 En Josua het vir hulle gesê: As jy 'n groot volk is, trek dan op na die boswêreld en kap vir jou daar 'n plek skoon in die land van die Feresiete en Refaïete, ingeval die gebergte van Efraim vir jou te nou is.
16 Maar die kinders van Josef het gesê: Die gebergte sal nie vir ons genoeg wees nie, en al die Kanaäniete wat in die lae streke woon, het ysterwaens, dié van Bet-Sean met sy onderhorige plekke sowel as dié van die laagte van Jísreël.
17 Toe het Josua met die huis van Josef, met Efraim en Manasse gespreek en gesê: Jy is 'n groot volk en jy het groot krag: jy sal nie net een lot hê nie;
18 want die gebergte sal joue wees — 'n boswêreld is dit naamlik, en jy moet dit skoonkap; dan sal die uitlopers daarvan joue wees; want jy moet die Kanaäniet verdrywe, al het hy ysterwaens, al is hy sterk.
1 And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. 2 So the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families. 3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5 And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; 6 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
7 And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. 9 And the border went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out thereof were at the sea: 10 southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east. 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights. 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 13 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.
14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me? 15 And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel. 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only: 18 but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
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