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;
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- 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;
- BSB 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,
- 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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- Num 26:35–37These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
- Deut 33:17His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
- Gen 30:24And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
- Gen 37:1–36And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
- Gen 46:20And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
- Gen 49:22–26Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
- Gen 39:1–23And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
- Num 2:18–19On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
- Gen 48:1–22And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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