Tribe of Israel
Ephraim
Tribe of Israel1 tradition
Ephraim, younger son of Joseph, was blessed above his elder brother by Jacob's crossed hands, and became the leading tribe of the northern kingdom.
Uses
- Reflection on inheritance and character
- Meditation on Pisces
- Blessing
- Son of Joseph, the fruitful bough
- Sign (Agrippa)
- Pisces
- Apostle on the same sign
- James the Less
Working with it
Read Jacob's blessing in Genesis 49 and Moses' in Deuteronomy 33, and ask which quality of this tribe you carry.
Where the traditions place it
- Pisces — Agrippa