Joshua 17:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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? ”

Joshua 17:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seeing I am a great people - The assertion can hardly have been warranted by facts, for at the census Numbers 26 the two tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim together were not greatly more numerous t...
Joshua 17:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 (h) blessed me hitherto...
Joshua 17:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children of Joseph . sons of Joseph, i.e. Manasseh. Note their selfishness, so well reproved by Joshua (verses: Joshua 17:15-18 ), who was of that tribe himself. portion. Hebrew "line", put by F...
Joshua 17:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, etc Although they clothe their complaint with some color of excuse, yet they dishonestly disguise the fact, that more was comprehended in on...
Joshua 17:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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?
Joshua 17:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 14. And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, &c.— The children of Ephraim and Manasseh, just spoken of, came to Joshua, and complained, that the portion which had fallen to them i...
Joshua 17:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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?...
Joshua 17:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Territories of the Western Tribes Chs. 14-19 inclusive describe the allotment of territories to the Western Tribes. There are two assignments. The first, embracing Judah and Joseph, is described a...
Joshua 17:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXV. THE INHERITANCE OF JOSEPH. Joshua Chs. 16, 17. NEXT to Judah, the most important tribe was Joseph; that is, the double tribe to which his two sons gave names, Ephraim and Manasseh....
Joshua 17:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

an Enlarged Inheritance Joshua 17:14-18 The greatness of the children of Joseph did not arise from their numbers; for, according to Numbers 26:1-65 , the two tribes, united, did not much excee...
Joshua 17:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It is interesting to note that in the territory allotted to Manasseh, some of the cities of Ephraim are included; and, moreover, that some of the cities of Manasseh are within the territory of Asher...
Joshua 17:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The narrowness of Joseph's boundaries may serve to teach us that even in Canaan causes arise to displease. Alas! there is nothing perfect here below! In the Canaan above Jesus hath ample space, and m...
Joshua 17:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua ,.... Which some understand of the children of Manasseh only; and, indeed, the complaint and arguments used, as well as some circumstances in the account...
Joshua 17:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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?...
Joshua 17:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Children of Joseph That is, of Ephraim and Manasseh. Spake unto Joshua That is, expostulated with him, when they went and saw that portion which was allotted them, and found it much short of thei...
Joshua 17:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE WESTERN HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH (vs.1-13) Manasseh's territory was immediately north of Ephraim, spreading from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea. Manasseh means "forgetting reminding us of...
Joshua 17:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 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 L ORD hath blessed...
Joshua 17:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The children of Joseph, i.e. of Ephraim and Manasseh, as is manifest, partly from Joshua 17:17 , where it is so explained; and partly because they mention it as an unreasonable thing, that they,...
Joshua 17:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And 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 Yahweh has blessed me up to now?” ' Wh...
Joshua 17:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 17:1 . A lot for the tribe of Manasseh ] The families of the tribe as a whole are here taken into account, the notice of them extending to the close of the sixth verse. Machir ] Cf. on chap...
Joshua 17:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 17:14 . Why hast thou given me but one lot? Joshua added mount Ephraim: though it was a military country, and though the Canaanites had chariots of iron; yet with the help of Ephraim, they...
Joshua 17:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zelophehad . .. had no sons, but daughters. The rights of women The question decided by their case was the right of females to inherit property in land when there were no heirs male in the f...
Joshua 17:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Joshua 17:1 There was also a lot. The preferable translation is, " and the lot for the tribe of Manasseh—for he was the firstborn of Joseph—was ( or fell ) to Machir the so...
Joshua 17:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the children of Joseph, the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, for the two tribes had been treated as one...
Joshua 17:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 33:13-17 ; Genesis 48:19 ; Genesis 48:22 ; Genesis 49:22-26 ; Numbers 26:34-37
Joshua 17:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Children of Joseph — That is, of Ephraim and Manasseh. Spake unto Joshua — That is, expostulated with him, when they went and saw that portion which was allotted them, and found it much short of th...

Joshua 17:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 17:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 17:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 17:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 17:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 17:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 17:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 17:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 17:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 17:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 17:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 17:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 17:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 17:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 17:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 17:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes