Genesis 48:19
But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.
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Genesis 48:19
But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.
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Genesis 48:20
So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
Deuteronomy 33:17
He is a young ox, glory is his; his horns are the horns of the mountain ox, with which all peoples will be wounded, even to the ends of the earth: they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.
Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;
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Numbers 1:32
The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Numbers 1:33
Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
Numbers 1:34
The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Numbers 1:35
Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.
Numbers 2:18
On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.
Numbers 2:19
The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred.
Numbers 26:34
These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand, seven hundred.
Numbers 26:37
These are the families of Ephraim as they were numbered, thirty-two thousand, five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.
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Genesis 41:52
And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.
Hosea 13:15
Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.
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