Genesis 41:52
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
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Genesis 41:52
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
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Genesis 41:51
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
Genesis 46:20
To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
Genesis 48:5
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.
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Genesis 48:16
the 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.”
Genesis 48:17
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.
Genesis 48:18
Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
Genesis 48:19
His 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.”
Genesis 49:22
“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
Deuteronomy 33:17
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.”
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Hosea 13:15
Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
Hosea 9:11
As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, no one with child, and no conception.
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