“And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.”
In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. The sons of Joseph — born in Egypt, to an Egyptian mother — are the covenant family's first members born entirely outside the promised land. The application: the covenant family extends into Egypt in the second generation of Joseph's sojourn — the family is already taking root before Jacob arrives.
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