Verse 22

And to you, I give one more portion than your brothers, the portion I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.

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  • Josh 24:32 : 32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver. It became an inheritance for Joseph's descendants.
  • John 4:5 : 5 So he came to a city in Samaria called Sychar, near the land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
  • Judg 11:23 : 23 Now the Lord, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites before His people Israel. Would you now take possession of it?
  • 1 Chr 5:2 : 2 Though Judah became strong among his brothers and a leader came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.
  • Ezek 47:13 : 13 This is what the Lord GOD says: 'This will be the boundary by which you shall divide the land as an inheritance for the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph receiving two portions.'
  • Amos 2:9 : 9 'Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them, whose height was like the cedars and whose strength was like the oaks. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.'
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 In the fourth generation, your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.
  • Gen 33:19 : 19 He bought the plot of land where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
  • Gen 34:28 : 28 They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and everything in the city and in the fields.
  • Deut 21:17 : 17 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all he has. That son is the firstfruits of his strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
  • Josh 17:14-18 : 14 The descendants of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, 'Why have you given us just one lot and one portion for an inheritance, when we are a numerous people, as the LORD has blessed us to this point?' 15 Joshua said to them, 'If you are so numerous, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the territory of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.' 16 The descendants of Joseph replied, 'The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its surrounding villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.' 17 Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh: 'You are a numerous people and strong. You shall not have just one allotment of land,' 18 but the hill country shall be yours. Though it is a forest, you can clear it, and its farthest limits shall be yours. You will drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.