Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 17:14

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?

i. e. Of Ephraim and Manasseh, as is manifest, partly from v. 17. where it is so explained; and partly, because they mention it as an unreasonable thing, that they being two, should have but one Lot.

i. e. Expostulated with him, when they went and saw that Portion which was allotted to them, and found it much short of their expectation.

Either 1. Because they really had but one Lot, which afterwards was divided by the Arbitrators between them. Or 2. Because the Land severally allotted to them, was no more than was little enough for one of them.

Or, numerous, for so the Hebrew word oft signifies.