17:17 Joshua said to the family 1 of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.
17:18 The whole hill country 2 will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. 3 You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”
1 tnHeb “house.”
2 tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.