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Revision as of 01:18, 29 April 2004 by Gilgamesh~enwiki (talk | contribs) (Added accent diacritics)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Ephraim (Hebrew אפרים Efráyim or ’Ephráyim) -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).