²² And to you I give one more ridge of land^[a](A) than to your brothers,^(B) the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword^(C) and my bow.”

⁵ So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.^(A)

³² And Joseph’s bones,^(A) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,^(B) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land^(C) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver^[a] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

² and though Judah^(A) was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler^(B) came from him, the rights of the firstborn^(C) belonged to Joseph)—

¹⁴ The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed us abundantly.”^(A)

¹⁵ “If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest^(B) and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites^(C) and Rephaites.^(D)”

¹⁶ The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron,^(E) both those in Beth Shan^(F) and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”^(G)

¹⁷ But Joshua said to the tribes of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment^{(H) 18} but the forested hill country^(I) as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron^(J) and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”

¹⁷ He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double^(A) share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength.^(B) The right of the firstborn belongs to him.^(C)

²⁸ They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys^(A) and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.^(B)