{"query": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_c42ad4111361", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob’s blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the fo"}, {"id": "card_c_f4d05bdc9697", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of references Ephraim", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Ephraim (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_cd4ed0307bd4", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, Mount", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the tribe of Ephraim (Josh. 17:15; 19:50; 20:7), extending from Bethel to the plain of Jezreel. In Joshua’s time (Josh. 17:18) these hills wer"}, {"id": "card_c_m_b6a1ed0b6d7c", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Humiliation of Christ", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Humiliation of Christ."}, {"id": "card_c_m_bd460a8baabe", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Flesh", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Flesh."}, {"id": "card_n_cc1a489c9c38", "title": "Easton: Benjamin", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Son of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mo"}, {"id": "card_n_f47042634e52", "title": "Easton: Manasseh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Who makes to forget. “God hath made me forget” (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_joshua_17_7", "title": "Matthew Henry on Joshua 17:7", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Joshua 17:7 — We have here a short account of the lot of this half tribe. It reached from Jordan on the east to the great sea on the west; on the south it lay all along contiguous to Ephraim, but o"}, {"id": "card_n_5b5569c35c17", "title": "Easton: Micah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of "}, {"id": "card_n_7e9f068beafd", "title": "Easton: Dan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A judge. (1.) The fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s maid (Gen. 30:6, “God hath judged me”, Heb. dananni). The blessing pronounced on him by his father was, “Dan shall judge his peopl"}, {"id": "card_n_505139b1b9ab", "title": "Easton: Naphtali, Tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On this tribe Jacob pronounced the patriarchal blessing, “Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words” (Gen. 49:21). It was intended thus to set forth under poetic imagery the future characte"}, {"id": "card_n_574a6200876d", "title": "Easton: Joshua", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A.V.), and Jesus in Acts 7:45"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_deuteronomy_33_12", "title": "Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:12", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Deuteronomy 33:12 — Here is, I. The blessing of Benjamin, Deu 33:12. Benjamin is put next to Levi, because the temple, where the priests' work lay, was just upon the edge of the lot of this tribe; "}, {"id": "card_n_3f0a9102027b", "title": "Easton: Judah, Tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Judah and his three surviving sons went down with Jacob into Egypt (Gen. 46:12; Ex. 1:2). At the time of the Exodus, when we meet with the family of Judah again, they have increased to the number of 7"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_chronicles_7_20", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 7:20", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Chronicles 7:20 — We have here an account,\nI. Of the tribe of Ephraim. Great things we read of that tribe when it came to maturity. Here we have an account of the disasters of its infancy, while "}, {"id": "card_n_69941284339e", "title": "Easton: Beersheba", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name (Gen. 26:31-33)"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h669", "title": "H669 — אֶפְרַ֫יִם (eph.ra.yim): Ephraim", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "אֶפְרַ֫יִם (eph.ra.yim), Strong's H669: Ephraim. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.52; son of: Joseph (H3130) and Asenath (H0621); brother of: Manasseh (H4519); fat"}, {"id": "card_n_01852b1c1d1c", "title": "Easton: Simeon, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was “divided and scattered” according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wild"}, {"id": "card_n_924311e05f18", "title": "Easton: Kemuel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Helper of God, or assembly of God. (1.) The third son of Nahor (Gen. 22:21). (2.) Son of Shiphtan, appointed on behalf of the tribe of Ephraim to partition the land of Canaan (Num. 34:24). (3.) A Levi"}, {"id": "card_n_a92ced10dc93", "title": "Easton: Saul", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Asked for. (1.) A king of Edom (Gen. 36:37, 38); called Shaul in 1 Chr. 1:48. (2.) The son of Kish (probably his only son, and a child of prayer, “asked for”), of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king"}]}