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Joshua 17:12

ManassehWest Manasseh

10 Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

Yet the children of Manasseh 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?

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BSB
But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
KJV
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
WEB
Yet the children of Manasseh couldn’t drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
ASV
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
DARBY
But the children of Manasseh could not dispossess [the inhabitants of] those cities; and the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
BLB
And the sons of Manasseh could not occupy these cities, and the Canaanite was determined to dwell in this land.
ÅB
Men Manasses barn maktet ikke å innta disse byer, og det lyktes kana'anittene å bli boende der i landet.
OTB
Likevel klarte ikke etterkommerne av Manasse å drive ut folket fra disse byene, og kanaaneerne fortsatte å bo der.
B1930
Men Manasses barn maktet ikke å innta disse byer, og det lyktes kana'anittene å bli boende der i landet.

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  • Exodus 23:29–33

    I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

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  • Judges 1:27–28

    Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

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  • Romans 6:12–14

    Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

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  • Joshua 16:10

    And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

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  • Joshua 15:63

    As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

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  • Numbers 33:52–56

    Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

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