EPHRAYIM

  Name: Ephraim

  Hebrew Name:  Ephrayim

  Father: Joseph

  Mother: Asenath

  Birth:  Egypt Before The Famine

  Sons:  These 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

  Numbers: Men over age 20:  40,500

Ephraim & Manasseh were blessed together. However, Jacob put Ephraim over his elder brother Manasseh.  Meaning his tribe would be larger than Manasseh's tribe and so it was.

 

  JOSEPH'S STATEMENT:

"For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction".

  JACOB BLESSES EPHRAIM

Jacob sat up on his bed and blessed  Ephriam and Manasseh First he blessed Joseph and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

When Jacob blessed Manasseh he laid his right hand on Ephraim and his left hand on Manasseh. The significance of this was since Manasseh was the oldest son he should have the bigger blessing. Joseph thought his father made a mistake because he couldn't see very well.

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

And his father Jacob refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

   MOSES BLESSES EPHRAIM  AND MANASSEH

Since Joseph had died his blessing passed on to his two sons. Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, and for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, and for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, and for the precious things of the earth and fullness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

His 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.

  Joseph's Two Sons

Joseph's two sons were born in Egypt before the famine came. Their mother was Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah who was the priest of On. Joseph named firstborn Manasseh And the name of the second called he Ephraim

  Joseph Visits Jacob

When Joseph found out his father Jacob was sick, he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim with him to see his father.
Jacob told Joseph he never thought he would see him again and now he is able to see his grandchildren. This is when Jacob sat up on his bed and blessed them.

  Yah Appears to Jacob

He said Yah appeared to him in Canaan and blessed him. He said he will make his seed fruitful and multiply he told Jacob he will make his descendants a multitude of people and will give the land of Canaan seed for an everlasting possession. And their lands should be named after them.

  Jacob Adopts Joseph's Sons

He told Joseph that his two sons are considered his sons like his other sons. (adopting them as opposed to grandsons)
Joseph lived long enough to see his grandchildren; the children of Machir the son of Manasseh.

The family of Manasseh: His son Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

   Moses Assigns Land

Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. Machir went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were in it. And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, Moses gave to half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; and the Canaanites would dwelt in that land.
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

  Joshua Assures Manasseh & Ephraim

Joshua spoke to the house of Ephraim and to Manasseh. He said: You are a great people, and have great power: You shall not not have one lot only: but the mountain shall be yours; for it is a wood, and you shall cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be yours: for you will drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots, and strong.

And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
They did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwelt among the Ephraimites and served under their authority.

   Joshua Died

Joshua the son, the servant of the Lord, died, at age 110. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.

  Ephraimites Idol Worshisp

The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: and they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth

And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

  Prophesies

  Isaiah's Prophesy

Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 9:21
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. Isaiah 11:13

Isaiah 28:1
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

 Ezekiel's Prophesy

Ezekiel states: In the Last Days The Northern Tribes (the then tribes) and The Southern Tribes (Judah, Benjamin & half of Levi ) will reunite.

Ezekiel 37:15-17
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: and join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

 Hosea Prophesy

  Hosea 7:7-10
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not.And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God,nor seek him for all this.