| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The alternative is either to see ???Ephraim is My firstborn??? as paralleling the wider ???Israel is My son, My firstborn??? which is found in Exodus 4.22, which included all the tribes, with ???Ephraim??? thereby indicating all the tribes, including Judah and Benjamin, or to see it as signifying that ???Ephraim is an essential part of my firstborn??? with ???firstborn??? indicating Israel/Judah??
|
