This article is about Manasseh (son_of_Joseph). For other homonyms, please refer to the Manasseh article. [See Jacob's Family Tree] Ephraim was the second son born to Joseph (son of Jacob) and Asenath after Joseph became prime minister of Egypt.
Genesis 41:50Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”Genesis 41:51The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”Genesis 41:52The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
첫째 아들은 므낫세이며, 할아버지 야곱이 죽기 전에 아버지 요셉이 축복을 받게 하기 위해 데려갔었는데, 야곱은 므낫세가 첫째임에도 불구하고 둘째 에브라임을 오른손으로 축복하였다.
Genesis 48:17Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”Genesis 48:18His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”Genesis 48:19He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in you, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’ ” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.Genesis 48:20Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
Genesis 48:5Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.Genesis 48:6As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath)), and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).”