Ephraim son of Joseph

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Ephraim son of Joseph is a biblical figure, the younger son of Joseph and Asenath, who became ancestor of the powerful Israelite tribe of Ephraim.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
patriarchal figure
associatedWith House of Israel NERFINISHED
associatedWithLaterKingdom Northern Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion hill country of Ephraim
birthOrderRelativeToManasseh younger
blessedBy Jacob NERFINISHED
blessingDescribedIn Genesis 48
canonicalStatus figure in the Torah
category Children of Joseph NERFINISHED
Tribal ancestors in the Bible
covenantalLineage House of Joseph NERFINISHED
ethnicCulturalContext Israelite
father Joseph son of Jacob NERFINISHED
givenName Ephraim NERFINISHED
grandfather Jacob NERFINISHED
Potiphera NERFINISHED
languageOfName Hebrew
maternalLineage Egyptian
mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Book of Joshua NERFINISHED
Book of Numbers NERFINISHED
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
mother Asenath NERFINISHED
nameMeaningTraditional fruitful
paternalLineage Abrahamic lineage
Isaac NERFINISHED
Jacob NERFINISHED
propheticPromise his descendants would become a multitude of nations
receivedYoungerOverElderBlessing true
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
Samaritanism
roleInTradition eponymous ancestor of a tribe
sibling Manasseh son of Joseph NERFINISHED
statusInJacobBlessing preferred over Manasseh
symbolicRole representative of the northern tribes of Israel
symbol of fruitfulness
tribalAffiliationByDescent Tribe of Joseph NERFINISHED
tribalAncestorOf Tribe of Ephraim NERFINISHED
tribeDescendedFrom Tribe of Ephraim NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Christian tradition
Jewish tradition
Samaritan tradition
youngerBrother Manasseh son of Joseph NERFINISHED

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ephraim ancestorFigure Ephraim son of Joseph
patriarch Jacob blessingRecipient Ephraim son of Joseph
subject surface form: Jacob
this entity surface form: Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh
Ephraim hasEponymousAncestor Ephraim son of Joseph
Ephraim namedAfter Ephraim son of Joseph
Ephraim traditionallyDescendedFrom Ephraim son of Joseph