“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 Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses — the introduction of Joseph's sons begins the enumeration of the central tribes. Joseph, though not himself a patriarch (Jacob's son, not grandson), receives the unprecedented honor of two tribes in Israel's structure, illustrating how covenant blessings transcend normal genealogical rules.
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