 | Emerson Dowson - 1818 - 502 pages
...Israelites were the twelve distinct families, descended from the twelve sons of the patriarch Jacob. But Jacob, on his death-bed, adopted Ephraim and Manasseh,...have them also to constitute two tribes of Israel, Gen. xlviii. 5. Though there were now thirteen tribes, yet in the distribution of lands to the people,... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1833 - 384 pages
...famines was called a tribe. But this patriarch on his death-bed adopted Ephraim and Manasseh, the two sons of Joseph, and would have them also to constitute two tribes in Israel. Gen. 43:5. Instead of twelve tribes, there were now thirteen, that of Joseph being two.... | |
 | Frederick Adolphus Packard - 1837 - 660 pages
...OFFERING.) TRIBE. (Num. i. 4.) The posterity of each of the twelve sons of Jacob is called a tribe. Jacob, on his death-bed, adopted Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, as his own children, (Gen. xlviii. 5.) and thus made two tribes of one. In the distribution of the... | |
 | John Farrar - 1852 - 692 pages
...the twelve sons of Jacob is called a tribe. But Jacob, on his deathbed, adopted Ephraim and Manassch, the sons of Joseph, and would have them also to constitute two tribes of Israel. Gen. xlviii. 5. Instead of twelve tribes, there were now thirteen ; that of Joseph being divided into... | |
 | American Tract Society - 1859 - 606 pages
...families was called a tribe. But this patriarch on his death -bed adopted Ephraim and Manasseh, the two sons of Joseph, and would have them also to constitute two tribes in Israel, Gen. 48 : 5. Instead of twelve tribes, there were now thirteen, that of Joseph being two.... | |
 | 1881 - 378 pages
...xix. 10.] TEIEE. [Num. i. 4.] The posterity of each of the twelve sons of Jacob is called n tribe. Jacob, on his death-bed, adopted Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, as his own children [Gen. iii. xlv. 5], and thus made two tribes of one. In the distribution of the... | |
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TRIBE. Jacob having twelve sons, who were heads of so many families, which together formed a great nation, each of these families was called a tribe. But this patriarch on his death-bed adopted Ephraim and Manasseh, the two sons of Joseph, and would have... 