The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because hitherto Yahweh has blessed me?
In this arrogant presumption of the Josephites, "Again we have a sign of that deep undercurrent of consistency which underlies our history, and is a guarantee of its authenticity."[20]  As Dummelow said, "This throws light on the character of the children of Joseph.  It shows the spirit of self-aggrandizement and self-importance."[21]  Furthermore, it shows their willingness to torture the facts.  "We are a great people ..."  This was hardly borne out by the facts.  "The census of  Numbers 26 shows that they were not greatly more numerous than the single tribe of Judah; and half of them had already been settled east of Jordan; the remainder could hardly have been any stronger than the Danites or the Issacharites."[22]  Woudstra stated that, "Some of the other tribes were actually more numerous."[23]