Ephraim in Easton's Bible Dictionary
double fruitfulness ("for God had made him fruitful in the
land
of his affliction"). The second son of Joseph, born in
Egypt
(Gen. 41:52; 46:20). The first incident recorded
regarding him
is his being placed, along with his brother Manasseh,
before
their grandfather, Jacob, that he might bless them
(48:10; comp.
27:1). The intention of Joseph was that the right hand
of the
aged patriarch should be placed on the head of the
elder of the
two; but Jacob set Ephraim the younger before his
brother,
"guiding his hands wittingly." Before Joseph's death,
Ephraim's
family had reached the third generation (Gen. 50:23).
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