From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Parallel translations
- WEB Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
- KJV Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
- NKJV From the sons of Joseph, the children of Ephraim, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
- NASB Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war,
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Ephraim, a son of Joseph, is counted by families and names, all able for war. The Joseph tribes are numbered separately.
Overview
Ephraim is counted as a full tribe, fulfilling Jacob's adoption and blessing of Joseph's sons (Gen. 48:5). Jacob had set the younger Ephraim ahead of Manasseh, and Ephraim would grow into a leading northern tribe. The count honors God's covenant dealings across the generations.
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Cross-references · 9
- Num 26:35–37These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah, the Becherite clan from Becher, and the Tahanite clan from Tahan.
- Deut 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- Gen 30:24She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
- Gen 37:1–36Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.
- Gen 46:20Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
- Gen 49:22–26Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
- Gen 39:1–23Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
- Num 2:18–19On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,
- Gen 48:1–22Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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