Tribe of Israel
The Tribe of Ephraim
Named after Ephraim, son of Jacob.
Counted as a tribe within the house of Joseph. Numbers 1:32–33Numbers 26:35–37
Ephraim’s family
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- Parent and child
- Marriage
- Ancestor (generations not all listed)
- Legal or adoptive parent
- Disputed or interpretive
Ephraim — Second son of Joseph
Parents
- Joseph father Genesis 41:50–52Genesis 46:20
- Asenath mother Genesis 41:50–52
- Jacob claimed as his own sons (Genesis 48:5) Genesis 48:5
Jacob claims Joseph's two sons as his own (Genesis 48:5). They remain Joseph's sons.
Children
Brothers and sisters
- Manasseh brother through their parent Joseph
Ancestors
- Rachel grandparent
- Isaac grandparent
- Rebekah grandparent
- Laban 1× great-grandparent
- Abraham 1× great-grandparent
- Sarah 1× great-grandparent
- Bethuel 1× great-grandparent
- Terah 2× great-grandparent
- Nahor 2× great-grandparent
- Milcah 2× great-grandparent
- Nahor 3× great-grandparent
- Haran 3× great-grandparent
- Serug 4× great-grandparent
Grandchildren and later descendants
- Eran grandchild
Tribe, clan and house
- Tribe: Ephraim the tribe is named after Ephraim
People Scripture places in this tribe
- Joshua Member Numbers 13:8Numbers 13:16
Hoshea son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, renamed Joshua.
- Jeroboam Member 1 Kings 11:26
"An Ephrathite of Zeredah".
- Abdon Member Interpretive Judges 12:15
Abdon was buried in Pirathon "in the land of Ephraim"; his tribe is inferred from his home.
Tribal lists differ
Not every biblical list of the tribes names the same twelve: Levi is sometimes left out and Joseph counted as Ephraim and Manasseh, and Revelation 7 leaves out Dan and Ephraim by name. Numbers 1:20–49Genesis 49:1–28Deuteronomy 33:6–25Revelation 7:4–8
Every relationship here comes from a cited passage. Solid lines are stated parent links; dashed lines mean generations are not all listed; dotted lines mark legal or adoptive parents; a question mark marks a disputed or interpretive link. Political succession and office are never drawn as family.