Ephraim
And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the
land of Shalisha, but they found [them] not: then they passed
through the land of Shalim, and [there they were] not: and he
passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found
[them] not....
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And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward
Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward
Israel's right hand, and brought [them] near unto him....
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Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in
Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them....
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(Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם/אֶפְרָיִם, Standard Efráyim Tiberian ʾEp̄ráyim/
ʾEp̄rāyim) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second
son of Joseph and Asenath. Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom
Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of
Potipherah, a priest of On. (Genesis 41:50-52 ) Ephraim was
born in Egypt before the arrival of the chil...
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e'-fra-im, e'-fra-im ('ephrayim, "double fruit"):
1. The Patriarch:
The younger of the two sons of Joseph and Asenath, born in
Egypt. He and his brother Manasseh were adopted by Jacob,
and ranked as his own sons, each becoming the ancestor of a
tribe in Israel. In blessing his grandchildren, despite
their father's protest, Jacob preferred...
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1. Second son of Joseph
Ge 41:52
Adopted by Jacob
Ge 48:5
Blessed before Manasseh; prophecies concerning
Ge 48:14-20
Descendants of
Nu 26:35-37; 1Ch 7:20-27
Mourned for his sons
1Ch 7:21,22
-2. A tribe of Israel
Prophecy concerning
Ge 49:25,26; Isa 7; 9:18-21; 11:13; 28:1; Jer 31; Ho
5:14;
Zec 9:10; 10:7
Numbered at Mount Sinai and i...
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(double fruitfulness), the second son of Joseph by his wife
Asenath. (B.C. 1715-1708.) The first indication we have of
that ascendancy over his elder brother Manasseh which at a
later period the tribe of Ephraim so unmistakably possessed is
in the blessing of the children by Jacob. Ge 48:1 ......
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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 Jo...
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("doubly fruitful".) Joseph's second son by Asenath, named
so, "for," said Joseph, "God hath caused me to be fruitful
in the land of my affliction." Born during the seven
plenteous years; the "doubly fruitful" may refer to both the
fruitfulness vouchsafed to Joseph and the plenty of the
season. As regards Ephraim himself, he was doubly blessed...
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