Joshua 17:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Protest of Joseph Tribes. 14 The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one lot and one share as our heritage?(A) Our people are too many, because of the extent to which the Lord has blessed us.”
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Joshua 17:17-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 Joshua therefore said to Ephraim and Manasseh, the house of Joseph, “You are a numerous people and very strong. You shall not have merely one share, 18 for the mountain region which is now forest shall be yours when you clear it. Its adjacent land shall also be yours if, despite their strength and iron chariots, you dispossess the Canaanites.”
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John 4:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar,[a] near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(A)
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- 4:5 Sychar: Jerome identifies this with Shechem, a reading found in Syriac manuscripts.
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