Kejadian 46:20

46:20 Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, ¹  bore them to him.

Kejadian 48:1

Manasseh and Ephraim

48:1 After these things Joseph was told, ²  “Your father is weakening.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

Kejadian 48:5

48:5 “Now, as for your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they will be mine. ³  Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.

Kejadian 50:23

50:23 Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. ⁴  He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph. ⁵ 

[46:20]  ¹ sn On is another name for the city of Heliopolis.

[48:1]  ² tn Heb “and one said.” With no expressed subject in the Hebrew text, the verb can be translated with the passive voice.

[48:5]  ³ sn They will be mine. Jacob is here adopting his two grandsons Manasseh and Ephraim as his sons, and so they will have equal share with the other brothers. They will be in the place of Joseph and Levi (who will become a priestly tribe) in the settlement of the land. See I. Mendelsohn, “A Ugaritic Parallel to the Adoption of Ephraim and Manasseh,” IEJ (1959): 180-83.

[50:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “saw Ephraim, the children of the third.”

[50:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “they were born on the knees of Joseph.” This expression implies their adoption by Joseph, which meant that they received an inheritance from him.