So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your o
On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.
from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near.
On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama s
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;