The descendants of Joseph: The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

约瑟子孙属以法莲子孙的后代，照着家室、宗族、人名的数目，从二十岁以外，凡能出去打仗、被数的，共有四万零五百名。

约瑟子孙属以法莲子孙的后代，照着宗族、父家、人名的数目，凡二十岁以上能出去打仗的，

约瑟子孙属以法莲子孙的后代，照着宗族、父家、人名的数目，凡二十岁以上能出去打仗的，

约瑟的后裔中，以法莲支派中，二十岁以上、有作战能力的男子按宗族、家系和姓名一一被登记下来，共有四万零五百人。

约瑟的儿子，以法莲子孙的后代，照着他们的宗族、父家，根据人名数目，二十岁及以上，凡是能出去打仗的，都登记了；

約瑟子孫屬以法蓮子孫的後代，照着家室、宗族、人名的數目，從二十歲以外，凡能出去打仗、被數的，共有四萬零五百名。

約瑟子孫屬以法蓮子孫的後代，照着宗族、父家、人名的數目，凡二十歲以上能出去打仗的，

約瑟子孫屬以法蓮子孫的後代，照着宗族、父家、人名的數目，凡二十歲以上能出去打仗的，

約瑟的後裔中，以法蓮支派中，二十歲以上、有作戰能力的男子按宗族、家系和姓名一一被登記下來，共有四萬零五百人。

約瑟的兒子，以法蓮子孫的後代，照著他們的宗族、父家，根據人名數目，二十歲及以上，凡是能出去打仗的，都登記了；

約瑟的子孫、屬以法蓮子孫的：他們的後代、按宗族、按父系家屬、根據人名的數目、是從二十歲和以上、凡能出去打仗的；

約瑟之裔、以法蓮子孫、循其室家宗族、依其名數、自二十歲以上、能臨陳者、

約瑟生二子、分為支派二、以法蓮子孫、循其世系宗族、依其名數、自二十歲以上、能臨陳者、

計約瑟之後裔、以法蓮之子孫、按世系宗族家室、自二十歲以上、凡能臨陣者、依其名數、

From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.

Here is the number of men from the tribe of Ephraim. He is the son of Joseph. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.

Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:

Ephraim son of Joseph 40,500

The descendants of Joseph: The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war,

From the sons of Joseph, the children of Ephraim, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Of the children of Joseph,[ namely], of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

Of the children of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

These were Ephraim’s descendants by their clans: the Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah; the Becherite clan from Becher; the Tahanite clan from Tahan.These were Shuthelah’s descendants: the Eranite clan from Eran.These were the Ephraimite clans numbered by their registered men: 32,500. These were Joseph’s descendants by their clans.

His firstborn bull has splendor, and horns like those of a wild ox; he gores all the peoples with them to the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.

Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he did successful,Joseph found favor in his master’s sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar also put him in charge of his household and placed all that he owned under his authority.From the time that he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph. The Lord’s blessing was on all that he owned, in his house and in his fields.He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said,“ Sleep with me.”But he refused.“ Look,” he said to his master’s wife,“ with me here my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has put all that he owns under my authority.No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her.Now one day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there.She grabbed him by his garment and said,“ Sleep with me!” But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.When she saw that he had left his garment with her and had run outside,she called the household servants.“ Look,” she said to them,“ my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could.When he heard me screaming for help, he left his garment with me and ran outside.”She put Joseph’s garment beside her until his master came home.Then she told him the same story:“ The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,but when I screamed for help, he left his garment with me and ran outside.”When his master heard the story his wife told him—“ These are the things your slave did to me”— he was furiousand had him thrown into prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. So Joseph was there in prison.But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him. He granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority, and he was responsible for everything that was done there.The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.

Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.These are the family records of Jacob. At 17 years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age, and he made a robe of many colors for him.When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.He said to them,“ Listen to this dream I had:There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”“ Are you really going to reign over us?” his brothers asked him.“ Are you really going to rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers.“ Look,” he said,“ I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and 11 stars were bowing down to me.”He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him.“ What kind of dream is this that you have had?” he said.“ Are your mother and brothers and I going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.His brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem.Israel said to Joseph,“ Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.”“ I’m ready,” Joseph replied.Then Israel said to him,“ Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him,“ What are you looking for?”“ I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph said.“ Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”“ They’ve moved on from here,” the man said.“ I heard them say,‘ Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.They saw him in the distance, and before he had reached them, they plotted to kill him.They said to one another,“ Here comes that dreamer!Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal ate him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!”When Reuben heard this, he tried to save him from them. He said,“ Let’s not take his life.”Reuben also said to them,“ Don’t shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him”— intending to rescue him from their hands and return him to his father.When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped off his robe, the robe of many colors that he had on.Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.Then they sat down to eat a meal. They looked up, and there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.Then Judah said to his brothers,“ What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,” and they agreed.When Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for 20 pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.He went back to his brothers and said,“ The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”So they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said,“ We found this. Examine it. Is it your son’s robe or not?”His father recognized it.“ It is my son’s robe,” he said.“ A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces!”Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted.“ No,” he said.“ I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard.

Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine beside a spring; its branches climb over the wall.The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him.Yet his bow remained steady, and his strong arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and the womb.The blessings of your father excel the blessings of my ancestors and the bounty of the eternal hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the prince of his brothers.

Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. They were born to him by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, a priest at On.

She named him Joseph:“ May the Lord add another son to me.”

Some time after this, Joseph was told,“ Your father is weaker.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.When Jacob was told,“ Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.Jacob said to Joseph,“ God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.He said to me,‘ I will make you fruitful and numerous; I will make many nations come from you, and I will give this land as an eternal possession to your future descendants.’Your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine. Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.Children born to you after them will be yours and will be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance.When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way, some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath,”( that is, Bethlehem).When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said,“ Who are these?”And Joseph said to his father,“ They are my sons God has given me here.” So Jacob said,“ Bring them to me and I will bless them.”Now his eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought them to him, and he kissed and embraced them.Israel said to Joseph,“ I never expected to see your face again, but now God has even let me see your offspring.”Then Joseph took them from his father’s knees and bowed with his face to the ground.Then Joseph took them both— with his right hand Ephraim toward Israel’s left, and with his left hand Manasseh toward Israel’s right— and brought them to Israel.But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and crossing his hands, put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.Then he blessed Joseph and said: The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow to be numerous within the land.When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he thought it was a mistake and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.Joseph said to his father,“ Not that way, my father! This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”But his father refused and said,“ I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”So he blessed them that day with these words: The nation Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying,“ May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh,” putting Ephraim before Manasseh.Then Israel said to Joseph,“ Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Ephraim’s military divisions will camp on the west side under their banner. The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud.His military division numbers 40,500.