Ephraim
PersonA man who founded the tribe of Ephraim, living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.52) referred to as Ephraim or Ephraimite (אֶפְרַ֫יִם), or Ephron (עֶפְרוֹן), or Ephraimite or Ephrathite (אֶפְרָתִי); son of Joseph and Asenath; a brother of Manasseh; father of Shuthelah, Becher, Tahan, Ezer, Elead and Beriah.
Their thread through Scripture
- Genesis 41:52
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”