Catholic Public Domain Version
"But after the sons of Israel had grown strong, they subdued the Canaanites, and made them their tributaries, but they did not kill them. "
— Joshua 17:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out. ”
“It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't utterly drive them out.”
“Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.”
“But after that the children of Israel were grown strong, they subdued the Chanaanites, and made them their tributaries, and they did not kill them.”
“And when the children of Israel had become strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, in place of driving them out.”
“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.”
So it is that the possession of Ephraim is in the south, and that of Manasseh is in the north, and both are enclosed by the sea, and they are joined together by the tribe of Asher to the north, and by the tribe of Issachar to the east.
And the inheritance of Manasseh, in Issachar and in Asher, was Bethshean and its villages, and Ibleam with its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, with their towns, likewise the inhabitants of Endor with their villages, and similarly the inhabitants of Taanach with their villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo with their villages, and one third part of the city of Naphath.
The sons of Manasseh were not able to overthrow these cities, and so the Canaanite began to dwell in their land.
But after the sons of Israel had grown strong, they subdued the Canaanites, and made them their tributaries, but they did not kill them.
And the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, and they said, “Why have you given to me as a possession one lot and one portion, while I am of such a great multitude, and the Lord has blessed me?”
And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up into the forest, and cut out space for yourself in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for you.”
And the sons of Joseph responded to him: “We are not able to ascend to the mountains, since the Canaanites, who live in the plains, in which are situated Bethshean, with its villages, and Jezreel, possessing the middle of the valley, use chariots of iron.”