From the children of Joseph — from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud — Joseph's division appears as two tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh, reversing Jacob's blessing in Genesis 48 where Ephraim the younger receives the greater blessing. This tribal division reflects the historical reality of Israel's northern kingdom structure and Ephraim's later prominence.

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