Joshua 17:14

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 LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

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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...
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,...
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...
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 d...
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 compl...
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,...
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...
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 whi...
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...
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 cit...
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!...
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...
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,...
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...
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 Mediterranea...
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 g...
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 th...
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 for...
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 t...
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 cha...
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 prope...
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 firs...
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 inh...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua's Advice to the Children of Joseph
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 33:13-17 ; Genesis 48:19 ; Genesis 48:22 ; Genesis 49:22-26 ; Numbers 26:34-37
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 whic...

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 LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

Related Commentaries of Joshua 17:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 17:14