^{22 Ref} The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.

^{23 Ref} The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

^{24 Ref} The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.

^{25 Ref} He shown them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.

^{26 Ref} The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it to this day.

^{27 Ref} Manasseh did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Beth-shean and its towns, nor [of] Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

²⁸ It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.

^{29 Ref} Ephraim didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.