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Egypt; an ox for Ephraim, an aurochs for Manasseh: a painted portrait for the tribe of Joseph

The Twelve Tribes · VII of XII

יוסף

Joseph

Two tribes for the son who ruled in Egypt: Ephraim, who led the west of the camp, and Manasseh. Joshua was of Ephraim, and Gideon of Manasseh.

Mother
Rachel
Born
The eleventh son of Jacob
Stone
שֹׁהַם · onyx
Banner
Exceedingly black
Emblem
Egypt; an ox for Ephraim, an aurochs for Manasseh Deuteronomy 33:17
In the camp
The west, at its head
His nameGenesis 30:23-24

She conceived and bore a son, and said: God has removed [asaf] my disgrace.

She called his name Joseph, saying: May the Lord add [yosef] another son for me

וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר אָסַף אֱלֹהִים אֶת־חֶרְפָּתִי׃

וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יוֹסֵף לֵאמֹר יֹסֵף יְהֹוָה לִי בֵּן אַחֵר׃

The blessing of JacobGenesis 49:22-26

Joseph is a fruitful tree a fruitful tree alongside a spring, branches run over the wall.

They embittered him and shot him, and archers hated him.

his bow sat firm and the arms of his hands were golden. by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob from there, from the Shepherd of the stone of Israel.

From the God of your father, and He shall help you, and the Almighty, and He shall bless you. blessings of heaven above, blessings of the depths lying beneath, blessings of breasts and of womb.

The blessings of your father surpass the blessings of my parents until the edge of the eternal hills, They, shall be on the head of Joseph, on the head of the elect among his brothers

בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף בֵּן פֹּרָת עֲלֵי־עָיִן בָּנוֹת צָעֲדָה עֲלֵי־שׁוּר׃

וַיְמָרְרֻהוּ וָרֹבּוּ וַיִּשְׂטְמֻהוּ בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּים׃

וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן קַשְׁתּוֹ וַיָּפֹזּוּ זְרֹעֵי יָדָיו מִידֵי אֲבִיר יַעֲקֹב מִשָּׁם רֹעֶה אֶבֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

מֵאֵל אָבִיךָ וְיַעְזְרֶךָּ וְאֵת שַׁדַּי וִיבָרְכֶךָּ בִּרְכֹת שָׁמַיִם מֵעָל בִּרְכֹת תְּהוֹם רֹבֶצֶת תָּחַת בִּרְכֹת שָׁדַיִם וָרָחַם׃

בִּרְכֹת אָבִיךָ גָּבְרוּ עַל־בִּרְכֹת הוֹרַי עַד־תַּאֲוַת גִּבְעֹת עוֹלָם תִּהְיֶיןָ לְרֹאשׁ יוֹסֵף וּלְקׇדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָיו׃

The blessing of MosesDeuteronomy 33:13-17

And of Joseph he said: Blessed of the Lord is his land; from the sweetness of heaven, from dew, and from the depths lying below;

and from the sweetness of the crops of the sun, and from the sweetness of the yield of the moons,

and from the tops of the ancient mountains, and from the sweetness of the eternal hills.

And from the sweetness of the earth and its fullness, and the will of He who rested in the bush [seneh]. It, shall come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of the crowned of his brothers.

A firstborn bull is his majesty. And his horns are the horns of aurochs [re’em], With them, he will gore the peoples together, at the ends of the earth. And they are the myriads of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

וּלְיוֹסֵף אָמַר מְבֹרֶכֶת יְהֹוָה אַרְצוֹ מִמֶּגֶד שָׁמַיִם מִטָּל וּמִתְּהוֹם רֹבֶצֶת תָּחַת׃

וּמִמֶּגֶד תְּבוּאֹת שָׁמֶשׁ וּמִמֶּגֶד גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָחִים׃

וּמֵרֹאשׁ הַרְרֵי־קֶדֶם וּמִמֶּגֶד גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם׃

וּמִמֶּגֶד אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ וּרְצוֹן שֹׁכְנִי סְנֶה תָּבוֹאתָה לְרֹאשׁ יוֹסֵף וּלְקׇדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָיו׃

בְּכוֹר שׁוֹרוֹ הָדָר לוֹ וְקַרְנֵי רְאֵם קַרְנָיו בָּהֶם עַמִּים יְנַגַּח יַחְדָּו אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ וְהֵם רִבְבוֹת אֶפְרַיִם וְהֵם אַלְפֵי מְנַשֶּׁה׃

The English is the Steinsaltz Tanakh, the words of the verse only; the Hebrew is the Masoretic text. The banner, the stone and the emblem follow Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7.