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
As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."
Numbers 26:34
These were the families of Manasseh; those numbered of them were 52,700.
Deuteronomy 33:13
Of Joseph he said: May the Lord bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;
A great
Genesis 48:19
But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations."
Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches climb over the wall.
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Joshua 16:4
Joseph's descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land.