1 Também caiu a sorte à tribo de Manassés, o qual era o primogênito de José. Maquir, o primogênito de Manassés, pai de Gileade, porquanto era homem de guerra, teve Gileade e Basã. 2 Os mais filhos de Manassés também 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 Héfer, e os filhos de Semida; são estes os filhos de Manassés, filho de José, segundo as suas famílias. 3 Zelofeade, porém, filho de Héfer, filho de Gileade, filho de Maquir, filho de Manassés, não teve filhos, mas só filhas, cujos nomes são estes: Macla, Noa, Hogla, Milca e Tirza. 4 Estas 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, segundo o dito do Senhor, Josué lhes deu herança no meio dos irmãos de seu pai. 5 Couberam a Manassés dez quinhões, afora a terra de Gileade e Basã, que está dalém do Jordão; 6 porque as filhas de Manassés, no meio de seus filhos, possuíram herança; os outros filhos de Manassés tiveram a terra de Gileade. 7 O limite de Manassés foi desde Aser até Micmetate, que está a leste de Siquém; e vai este limite, rumo sul, até aos moradores de En-Tapua. 8 Tinha Manassés a terra de Tapua; porém Tapua, ainda que situada no limite de Manassés, era dos filhos de Efraim. 9 Então, desce o limite ao ribeiro de Caná. As cidades, entre as de Manassés, ao sul do ribeiro, pertenciam a Efraim; então, o limite de Manassés vai ao norte do ribeiro, terminando no mar. 10 Efraim, ao sul, Manassés, ao norte, e o mar é seu limite; pelo norte, tocam em Aser e, pelo oriente, em Issacar. 11 Porque, em Issacar e em Aser, tinha Manassés a Bete-Seã e suas vilas, Ibleão e suas vilas, os habitantes de Dor e suas vilas, os habitantes de En-Dor e suas vilas, os habitantes de Taanaque e suas vilas e os habitantes de Megido e suas vilas, a região dos três outeiros. 12 E os filhos de Manassés não puderam expulsar os habitantes daquelas cidades, porquanto os cananeus persistiam em habitar nessa terra. 13 Sucedeu que, tornando-se fortes os filhos de Israel, sujeitaram aos cananeus a trabalhos forçados, porém não os expulsaram de todo.

14 Então, o povo dos filhos de José disse a Josué: Por que me deste por herança uma sorte apenas e um quinhão, sendo eu tão grande povo, visto que o Senhor até aqui me tem abençoado? 15 Disse-lhe Josué: Se és grande povo, sobe ao bosque e abre ali clareira na terra dos ferezeus e dos refains, visto que a região montanhosa de Efraim te é estreita demais. 16 Então, disseram os filhos de José: A região montanhosa não nos basta; e todos os cananeus que habitam na terra do vale têm carros de ferro, tanto os que estão em Bete-Seã e suas vilas como os que estão no vale de Jezreel. 17 Falou Josué à casa de José, a Efraim e a Manassés, dizendo: Tu és povo numeroso e forte; não terás uma sorte apenas; 18 porém a região montanhosa será tua. Ainda que é bosque, cortá-lo-ás, e até às suas extremidades será todo teu; porque expulsarás os cananeus, ainda que possuem carros de ferro e são fortes.

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 And 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: 'The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren'; therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

5 And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, beside 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, beginning from Asher, 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, by cities which belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh; but 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 regions.

12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites were resolved to dwell in that land.

13 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, but did not utterly drive them out.

14 And the children of Joseph spoke 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 the LORD hath blessed me thus?'

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 will not be 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 spoke 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 be strong.'