children of Joseph] 1: e. Both Ephraim and Manasseh, as it ppeareth 5: 15, 16, 17. one lot] They had two lots or portions; but their meaning is, That they were so small, by reason the Canaanites held still a great part from them, that all yet alotted to them was scarce sufficient for one tribe to inherite, in regard of their great multitude. a great people] For in the last number these two tribes were eighty five thousand and two hundred strong, Numbers 26:34; Numbers 26:37.