Ephraim
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Person in Genesis 41:50–52: Ephraim. 1 Chronicles 7:21 says that the men of Gath killed Ezer and Elead, and 7:22, “Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.” 7:23–24 go on, “He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house. His daughter was Sheerah”. The Korean Revised Version names Ephraim at 7:23 and 7:24 (그 후에 에브라임이 그 아내와 동침하였더니, after that Ephraim went in to his wife; 에브라임의 딸은 세에라니, Ephraim’s daughter was Sheerah) and does not say who named the son.
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- 1CH 7:20–22, engwebp
20The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
21Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock.
22Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
- 1CH 7:20–27, engwebp
20The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
21Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock.
22Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
23He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house.
24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.
25Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
- 1CH 7:23–24, engwebp
23He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house.
24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.
- DEU 33:13–17, engwebp
13About Joseph he said, “His land is blessed by the LORD, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,
14for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things that the moon can yield,
15for the best things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
16for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let this come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.
17Majesty belongs to the firstborn of his herd. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- GEN 41:50–52, engwebp
50To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
52The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
- GEN 46:8–27, engwebp
8These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
20To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23The son of Dan: Hushim.
24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct offspring, in addition to Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
27The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
- GEN 48:1–12, engwebp
1After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’
5Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
6Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
7As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).”
8Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”
9Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”
10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see well. Joseph brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”
12Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
- GEN 48:13–16, engwebp
13Joseph 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 to him.
14Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
16the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
- GEN 48:17–22, engwebp
17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
19His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
20He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
22Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
- NUM 26:28–37, engwebp
28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
30These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
31and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
32and Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
33Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34These are the families of Manasseh. Those who were counted of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
35These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
36These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
37These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were counted of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
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Joseph (son of Jacob) — Father of — Ephraim
Evidence: Genesis 41:50–52, Numbers 26:28–37
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Asenath — Mother of — Ephraim
Evidence: Genesis 41:50–52
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Ephraim — Father of — Shuthelah
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 7:20–22, Numbers 26:28–37
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Ephraim — Father of — Becher (son of Ephraim)
Evidence: Numbers 26:28–37
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Ephraim — Father of — Tahan
Evidence: Numbers 26:28–37
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Ephraim — Father of — Beriah (son of Ephraim)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 7:23–24
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Ephraim — Father of — Sheerah
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 7:23–24
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Appears in the narrated event (5) — Birth of Manasseh and Ephraim, The names of Israel’s household who came into Egypt, Jacob recalls Luz, and takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own, Israel blesses his grandsons, The younger set before the elder, and the portion given to Joseph
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Took part in (2) — Ezer and Elead are killed by the men of Gath, and Ephraim mourns many days, Beriah is born, and Sheerah builds Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah
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The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
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 to him.
Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were counted of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
Majesty belongs to the firstborn of his herd. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.”
The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Ephraim (person-ephraim) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/ephraim Current wording: Person in Genesis 41:50–52: Ephraim. 1 Chronicles 7:21 says that the men of Gath killed Ezer and Elead, and 7:22, “Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.” 7:23–24 go on, “He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house. His daughter was Sheerah”. The Korean Revised Version names Ephraim at 7:23 and 7:24 (그 후에 에브라임이 그 아내와 동침하였더니, after that Ephraim went in to his wife; 에브라임의 딸은 세에라니, Ephraim’s daughter was Sheerah) and does not say who named the son. Cited evidence: 1CH 7:20–22, engwebp / 1CH 7:20–27, engwebp / 1CH 7:23–24, engwebp / DEU 33:13–17, engwebp / GEN 41:50–52, engwebp / GEN 46:8–27, engwebp / GEN 48:1–12, engwebp / GEN 48:13–16, engwebp (and 2 more of 10) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.