The people of the Negev ¹  will take possession ²  of Esau’s mountain, and the people of the Shephelah ³  will take possession ⁴  of the land of ⁵  the Philistines. They will also take possession of the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, and the people of Benjamin will take possession ⁶  of Gilead. ⁷ 

But ¹  Abram ²  said, “O sovereign Lord, ³  by what ⁴  can I know that I am to possess it?”

For you write down ¹  bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth. ² 

Wicked men ¹  will be wiped out, ²  but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land. ³ 

But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity. ¹ 

who said, ¹  “Let’s take over ²  the pastures of God!”

He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, ¹ 

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness ¹  clothes them with rags. ² 

under an unloved ¹  woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses ²  her mistress.

For a short time your special ¹  nation possessed a land, ²  but then our adversaries knocked down ³  your holy sanctuary.

Abram added, ¹  “Since ²  you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!” ³ 

The enemy said, ‘I will chase, ¹  I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire ²  will be satisfied on them. I will draw ³  my sword, my hand will destroy them.’ ⁴ 

I will strike them with the pestilence, ¹  and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!”

Moses sent spies to reconnoiter ¹  Jaazer, and they captured its villages ²  and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites ¹  in advance of the Ammonites, ²  so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.

If you think, “These nations are more numerous than I – how can I dispossess them?”

you must set apart for yourselves three cities ¹  in the middle of your land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession.

Of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, overflowing with favor, and full of the Lord’s blessing, possess the west and south.

Then you rise up from your hiding place ¹  and seize ²  the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.