Joshua 17:13-15

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹³ When the Israelites became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but did not utterly drive them out.

¹⁴ The tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given [us] but one lot and one portion as an inheritance when [we] are a great [abundant] people, for until now the Lord has blessed [us]?

¹⁵ Joshua replied, If you are a great people, get up to the forest and clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the Ephraim hill country is too narrow for you.