Thematic Bible: Descended from joseph's second son adopted by jacob
Thematic Bible
The tribe of Ephraim » Descended from joseph's second son adopted by jacob
And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.
And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.