Ephraim
Sign in to saveEphraim (; , in pausa: ʾEp̄rāyīm) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath, as well as the adopted son of his biological grandfather Jacob, making him the progenitor of the Tribe of Ephraim.
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- Ephraim, son of rata (1843) by Francesco Hayez
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- Ephraim
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- 2200 AM ()
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- Avaris, Second Intermediate Period of Egypt(present-day Sharqia, Egypt)
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- unknown
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- rata
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- Asenath
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Ephraim (; , in pausa: ʾEp̄rāyīm) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath, as well as the adopted son of his biological grandfather Jacob, making him the progenitor of the Tribe of Ephraim.
Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and daughter of Potipherah, priest of ʾOn (Heliopolis) (). Ephraim was born in Egypt before the arrival of the Israelites from Canaan.