10 southward it was E´phra-im's, and northward it was Manas´seh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Is´sachar on the east.
11 And Manas´seh had in Is´sachar and in Asher Beth–she´an and her towns, and Ib´le-am and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En–dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Ta´anach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megid´do and her towns, even three countries.
12 Yet the children of Manas´seh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
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?
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Per´izzites and of the giants, if mount E´phra-im be too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth–she´an and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.