1 Caiu também a sorte à tribo de Manassés, por ser ele o primogênito de José. Quanto a Maquir, primogênito de Manassés, pai de Gileade, pelo fato de ser homem de guerra, teve a Gileade e a Basã.2 Caiu a sorte aos mais filhos de Manassés segundo as suas famílias: aos filhos de Abiezer, e aos filhos de Heleque, e aos filhos de Asriel, e aos filhos de Siquém, e aos filhos de Hefer, e aos filhos de Semida. Estes foram os filhos de Manassés, filho de José, segundo as suas famílias.3 Mas Zelofeade, filho de Hefer, filho de Gileade, filho de Maquir, filho de Manassés, não tinha filhos, mas somete filhas, cujos nomes são estes: Maalá, Noa, Hogla, Milca e Tirza.4 Estas chegaram à presença do sacerdote Eleazar, e de Josué, filho de Num, e dos príncipes, dizendo: Jeová ordenou a Moisés que se nos desse uma herança entre nossos irmãos. Josué, segundo a ordem de Jeová, deu-lhes uma herança entre os irmãos do seu pai.5 Caíram a Manassés dez quinhões, afora a terra de Gileade e Basã, que está além do Jordão;6 porque as filhas de Manassés receberam uma herança entre os filhos dele. A terra de Gileade pertencia aos outros filhos de Manassés.7 Foi o termo de Manassés desde Aser até Micmetá, que está defronte de Siquém; e estendeu-se pela direita até os que habitam En-Tapua.8 A terra de Tapua ficou pertencendo a Manassés; mas Tapua, junto ao termo de Manassés, pertencia aos filhos de Efraim.9 Desceu o termo desta até a torrente de Caná, para o sul da mesma. A Efraim pertenciam estas cidades entre as de Manassés. O termo de Manassés estava ao norte da torrente, e os seus extremos chegaram ao mar:10 ao sul era de Efraim, ao norte era de Manassés, e o mar era o seu termo; estenderam-se até Aser ao norte, e até Issacar ao oriente.11 Tinha Manassés em Issacar e em Aser a Bete-Seã e suas vilas, e a Ibleã e suas vilas, e aos habitantes de Dor e suas vilas, e aos habitantes de En-Dor e suas vilas, e aos habitantes de Taanaque e suas vilas, e aos habitantes de Megido e suas vilas, a saber, os três outeiros.12 Contudo os filhos de Manassés não puderam desapossar os habitantes daquelas cidades, mas o cananeus persistiram em habitar nessa terra.13 Quando os filhos de Israel se tornaram fortes, sujeitaram os cananeus a trabalhos forçados, e não os desapossaram de todo.14 Falaram os filhos de José a Josué, dizendo: Porque me deste apenas uma sorte e um quinhão por herança, sendo eu um povo grande, porquanto até aqui Jeová me tem abençoado?15 Respondeu-lhes Josué: Se tu és povo grande, sobe ao bosque, e ali corta para ti lugar na terra dos ferezeus e dos refains, desde que a região montanhosa de Efraim te é estreita demais.16 Tornaram 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, isto é, a Efraim e a Manassés, dizendo: Tu és povo grande, e tens grandes forças: não terás tão-somente uma sorte,18 mas a região montanhosa será tua. Ainda que é bosque, cortá-lo-ás, e as suas extremidades serão tuas, porque desapossarás os cananeus, ainda que têm carros de ferro, e ainda que são fortes.

1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh. He was the firstborn of Joseph. Machir was the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by 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 by 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 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 brothers.« Therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.5 Ten shares fell to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, on the other side of Jordan6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.7 The coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah. It lies before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.9 The coast descended to the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and it ended at the sea.10 Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.11 Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.13 When the children of Israel were very strong they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor. They did not completely drive them out.14 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying: »Why have you given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed us abundantly.«15 Joshua answered: »If you are a great people, then get to the wood country, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim is too narrow for you.«16 The children of Joseph said: »The hill is not enough for us. All the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.«17 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying: »You are a great people. You have great power. You will not have only one lot.18 »The mountain will be yours. For it is a wood, and you will cut it down. The farthest limits will be yours. You will drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they are strong.«