Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
A great
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Bible References
One lot
Genesis 48:22
Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
Numbers 26:34 These were Manasseh’s clans, numbered by their registered men: 52,700.
Deuteronomy 33:13
He said about Joseph:
May his land be blessed by the Lord
with the dew of heaven’s bounty
and the watery depths that lie beneath;
with the dew of heaven’s bounty
and the watery depths that lie beneath;
A great
Genesis 48:19
But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”
Genesis 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful vine,
a fruitful vine beside a spring;
its branches climb over the wall.
a fruitful vine beside a spring;
its branches
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Joshua 16:4
So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.