Bilingual reading

This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for the children of Asriel, for the children of Shechem, for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida. These were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

They came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.

Ten parts fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;

because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem. The border went along to the right hand, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.

The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.

The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and ended at the sea.

Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea was his border. They reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.

Manasseh had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns.

Yet the children of Manasseh couldn’t drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

When the children of Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.

The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since we are a numerous people, because the LORD has blessed us so far?”

Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”

The children of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth Shean and its towns, and those who are in the valley of Jezreel.”

Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, that is, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people, and have great power. You shall not have one lot only;

but the hill country shall be yours. Although it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and it’s farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.”

وكانَت حِصَّةُ سِبطِ مَنَسَّى – لِأَنَّه بِكرُ يوسُف – لماكير، بِكرِ مَنَسَّى، أَبي جِلْعاد. ولِأَنَّه كانَ رَجُلَ حَرْب، فكانَ نَصيبُه جِلْعادَ وباشان

ثُمَّ كانَ لِبَني مَنَسَّى الباقين، بِحَسَبِ عَشائِرِهم: لِبَني أَبيعازَر وبَني حالَق وبني أَسْريئيل وبَني شاكَم وبني حافَر وبني شَميداع، وهم بَنو مَنَسَّى بنِ يوسُفَ الذُّكور، بِحَسَبِ عَشَائِرِهم

وأَمَّا صَلُفحَدُ بنُ حافرَ بنِ جِلْعادَ بنِ ماكيرَ بنِ مَنَسَّى، فلَم يَكُنْ لَه بَنون، وإِنَّما كانَت لَه بَنات. وهٰذه أَسْماءُ بَناتِه: مَحلَة ونَوعَة وحُجلَة ومِلكَة وتِرصَة

فتَقَدَّمنَ إِلى أَمامِ أَلِعازارَ الكاهِنِ ويَشوعَ بنِ نونٍ والرُّؤَساء، وقُلْنَ: «إِنَّ الرَّبَّ قد أَمَرَ موسى بِأَن يُعطِيَنا ميراثًا في وَسْطِ إِخوَتِنا». فأَعْطاهُنَّ ميراثًا بِأَمرِ الرَّبّ فيما بينَ إِخوَةِ أَبيهِنَّ

فوقَعَ لِمَنَسَّى عَشْرَةُ أَسهُم، ما عَدا أَرضَ جِلْعادَ وباشانَ في عِبرِ الأُردُنّ

لِأَنَّ بَناتِ مَنَسَّى أَخَذْنَ ميراثًا في وَسْطِ بَنيه، وأَنَّ أَرضَ جِلْعادَ صارَت لِبَني مَنَسَّى الباقين

وكانَت حُدودُ مَنَسَّى مِن أَشيرَ إِلى المِكْمَتاتِ الَّتي تُجاهَ شَكيم. وكانَتِ الحُدودُ تَتَوَجَّهُ يَمنَةً إِلى يَشيبَ عَينَ تَفُّوح

وكانَت أَرضُ تَفُّوحَ لِمَنَسَّى. وأَمَّا تَفُّوحُ الَّتي على حُدودِ مَنَسَّى، فكانَت لِبَني أَفْرائيم

وتَهبِطُ الحُدودُ إِلى وادي قانَة، جَنوبِيَّ الوادي. إِلَّا أَنَّ هٰذه المُدُنَ صارَت لِأَفْرائيم، في وَسَطِ مُدُنِ مَنَسَّى. وكانَت حُدودُ مَنَسَّى مِن شَمالِ الوادي، ومَنافِذُها إِلى البَحْر

الجَنوبُ لِأَفْرائيم والشَّمالُ لِمَنَسَّى، وحَدُّهُما البَحْرُ، وكانا يتَّصِلانَ بِأَستيرَ شَمالًا وبِيَسَّاكَرَ شَرقًا

وكانَ لِمَنَسَّى، في أَرضِ يَسَّاكَرَ وأَستير، بَيتَ شانَ وتَوابِعُها ويَبْلاعامُ وتَوابِعُها وسُكَّانُ عَينَ دورَ وتَوابِعِها وسُكَّانُ تَعْناكَ وتَوابِعِها وسُكَّانُ مَجِدُّو وتَوابِعِها، وثالِثًا نافِت

ولم يَستَطِعْ بَنو مَنَسَّى أَن يَتَمَلَّكوا هٰذه المُدُن، فأَصَرَّ الكَنْعانِيُّونَ على الإِقامةِ في هٰذه الأَرْض

ولَمَّا قَوِيَ بَنو إِسْرائيل، أَخْضَعوا الكَنْعانِيِّينَ لِلسُّخرَةِ ولم يَطْرُدوهم

وكَلَّمَ بَنو يوسُفَ يَشوعَ وقالوا: «ما بالُكَ أَعطَيتَنا حِصَّةً واحِدَةً وسَهْمًا واحِدًا ميراثًا، ونَحنُ شَعبٌ كَثير، وقد بارَكَنا الرَّبُّ إِلى الآن؟»

فقالَ لَهم يَشوع: «إِذا كُنتُم شَعبًا كَثيرًا، فٱصعَدوا إِلى الغابِ وأَزيلوا الأَشجارَ عنه، في أَرضِ الفَرِزِّيِّينَ والرِّفائيم، إِذا كانَ قد ضاقَ بِكم جَبَلُ أَفْرائيم»

فقالَ بَنو يوسف: «الجَبَلُ لا يَكْفينا، ثُمَّ إِنَّ لِجَميعِ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ المُقيمينَ بِأَرضِ السَّهلِ مَركَباتِ حَديد، سَواءٌ أَكانَ الَّذينَ في بَيتَ شانَ وتَوابِعِها أَم الَّذينَ في سَهْلِ يِزْرَعيل»

فقالَ يَشوعُ لِبَيتِ يوسُف، لِأَفْرائيمَ ومَنَسَّى: «أَنتُم شَعبٌ كثيرٌ ولَكم قُوَّةٌ عظيمة، فلا تَكونُ لَكم حِصَّةٌ واحِدة

بلِ الجَبَلُ يَكونُ لَكم، لِأَنَّه غاب، فتُزيلوا الأَشْجارَ عنه، وتَستَولوا على مَنافِذِه، ثُمَّ تَطرُدونَ الكَنْعانِيِّين، ولو كانَ لهم مَركَباتُ حَديدٍ وكانوا أَقوِياء»