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The people in Joseph's family line replied. They said, "The hill country isn't big enough for us. And all of the people of Canaan who live in the flatlands use chariots that have iron parts. They include the people of Beth Shan and its settlements. They also include the people who live in the Valley of Jezreel."
Reference
📍 Locations
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Greek: Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
Hebrew: Yᵉhôwçêph
Jehoseph (i.e. Joseph), a son of Jacob
Greek: πατριά (patriá)
paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation)
Hebrew: ʼeleph
a family; also (from the sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow
Greek: κανών (kanṓn)
a rule ("canon"), i.e. (figuratively) a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary, i.e. (figuratively) a sphere (of activity)
Hebrew: qâveh
a (measuring) cord (as if for binding)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ὀρεινός (oreinós)
mountainous, i.e. (feminine by implication, of G5561 (χώρα)) the Highlands (of Judæa)
Greek: ἀρκετός (arketós)
satisfactory
Hebrew: hôwn
wealth; by implication, enough
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Greek: ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs)
we (only used when emphatic)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ὅλος (hólos)
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
Hebrew: kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Greek: Χανααναῖος (Chanaanaîos)
a Chanaanæan (i.e. Kenaanite), or native of gentile Palestine
Greek: βιόω (bióō)
to spend existence
Hebrew: chăyâʼ
to live
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: χρῆσις (chrēsis)
employment, i.e. (specially), sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body)
Hebrew: rikbâh
a chariot (collectively)
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: σίδηρος (sídēros)
iron
Hebrew: Yirʼôwn
Jiron, a place in Palestine
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: δή (dḗ)
a particle of emphasis or explicitness; now, then, etc.
Hebrew: ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Greek: βιόω (bióō)
to spend existence
Hebrew: chăyâʼ
to live
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: φάραγξ (pháranx)
a gap or chasm, i.e. ravine (winter-torrent)
Hebrew: gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Hebrew: Yizrᵉʻêʼl
Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites
Verse Explanation
The descendants of Joseph replied that the hill country was not enough and that the Canaanites living in the valleys had strong weapons, especially iron chariots. They recognized the difficulty of conquering these areas.
History
Iron technology became increasingly important in the Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age transition (around 1200 BC).