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Ephraim Flashcards

To have the capability to effectively breakdown & identify who the tribe of Ephraim is today & in scriptures

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What scriptural references do we use to locate the 12 tribes today? (Please provide scripture)

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A) Genesis 49:1-2/ Dueteronomy 28:45-46/ Dueteronomy 33/ Lamentation 5 /Jeremiah 17:4

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How does Ephraim fit into the twelve tribes, and what name is the tribe refer to at times in the scriptures?

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A)Adopted thru Joseph their father (Genesis 48:13-20) // refers to as “Tribe of Joseph” or “Joseph” (Genesis 49:22 / Ezekiel 37:16 / Ezekiel 47:13 / Revelation7:8)

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Who consist of the tribe of Joseph

A) Ephraim B) Manessah

C) Lost 10 tribes D) Ephraim and Manessah

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D) Ephraim and Manessah

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Where are they mainly located today?

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A) Puerto Rico and scattered in Hawaii

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What by-word is the tribe of Ephraim call today, and what does the name mean?

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A) Puerto Ricans- Port of Riches

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What are other names that the tribe of Ephraim is/were called?

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A) Borinquen / Arawaks Indian / Igneri / Taino /Sumerians (Isaiah 7:9 / John 4:9)

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What does “Borinquen” mean?

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A) Hebrew for “Land of the Brave Lords”

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What does “Boriqua” mean?

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A) Brave

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What is an “Arawak”?

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A) a groups of indigenous peoples that migrated from South America, to Central and North America.

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What does “Ephraim” mean?

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A) Fruitful / I am Fruitful (Genesis 41:52)

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In Genesis 49:22 what does “Joseph is a fruitful bough” mean?

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A) Ephraim (and Manasseh) will have alot of children

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What is a “bough”?

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A) tree

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What does even a “even a fruitful bough by a well” in Genesis 49:22 mean?

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A) Like a tree by a well (good water source) the tribe of Ephraim (and Manessah) would live by the water and in very fruitful lands (islands) // Also have very large families

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What does “Whose branches run over the wall” (Gen 49:22) mean?

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A) As a wall divide other trees from other trees, the women of tribe of Ephraim would climb over the wall to mix w/ the Spaniards (conquistadors)

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What was the “the wall” in Genesis 49:22 referencing in history?

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A) The racial wall of divide - El Morro

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What happen to majority of the children of the Ephraimites women had with the Spaniards? (Provide scriptural reference)

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A) They died (AP)- Hosea 9:11-14

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What is the result of the mixing of the Ephraimites women and the Spaniards we see today? (provide a scripture to support the statement)

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A) Some are lighter skinned then the originally darker skinned tone Ephraimites - Hosea 7:8

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What does “The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him.” mean?

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A) Ephraim would be attack, enslaved and treated with extreme hatred.

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Who are the “archer” (Gen 49:22)?

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A) Spaniards/Conquistadors

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What is an example of “sorely grieved him”?

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A) The Boriqua Indians were forced to serve in gold mines and sugar cane fields under very hard and strenuous conditions

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What is an historical example of “shot at him”?

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A) Ponce de Leon, came in 1508, he had 6,000 Boriqua Indians, shot because they protested slave working conditions.

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What are examples did the Spaniards do to show “And hated him” (Gen 49:22)?

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A) The Spaniards, enslaved Ephraim and sent thousands of them to serve slavery in Spain, and Hawaii on slave ships (Deuteronomy 28:68) and stripped Puerto Rico, of it’s wealth and riches // Killed and maimed them due to not enough gold, diamonds and silver brought back. // Murder of babies thru polo w/ mallets, dashed against stone and feed to dogs.

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What does Genesis 49:24 mean?

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A) Joseph’s strength because he kept the commandments and his hands were made strong when TMH honored Joseph by making him second over all Egypt.

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Who is the “ The Shepherd”? (Provide scriptures)

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A) Christ- Hebrew 13:20 / 1 Peter 5:1,4

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Who is “the stone of Israel”? (Provide scripture(s))

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A) Jesus Christ- 1 Peter 2:5-6 // Ephesian 2:19-20

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What does “blessings of the Heaven above” mean?

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A) Where Ephraim would dwell would have good weather.

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What does “Blessings of the deep that lieth under” mean?

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A) The blessing of the sea and riches of the island of Puerto Rico- exotic fishes and beautiful waters (used by colonizers for tourism).

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What does “ blessings of the breasts and the womb.” mean?

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A) Ephraim would have alot of children thru the Lord blessing the tribe to replenish after mass murder of the Borinquen & the mass death of the babies of the Spaniards.

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What does Genesis 49:26 mean?

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A) Mean because of Ephraim and Manessah father’s (Joseph) position (2nd under pharaoh); infamy and wealth w/ the ability to provide for father, brethren and his family that his blessing is greater than Abraham and Isaac.

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What does Dueteronomy 33:13 mean? (Provide a precept for the verse)

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A) Talking of the blessing of the good weather & fish. (Gen 49:25)

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What are examples of “for the precious things brought forth by the moon.”? (Duet 33:14)

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A) Coqui frogs (whistle thru out nights) and dinoflagellates (small organisms that light the water blue at night in Puerto Mosquito, Puerto Rico).

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What are the “chief things of the ancient mountains”? (Duet 33:15)

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A) diamonds, gold and silver

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What are the “precious things of the lasting hills”? (Duet 33:15)

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A) Coffee beans

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What does “good will of him that dwelt in the bush” mean? (Duet 33:16)

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A) Out of the burning bush of Moses was giving the prophesy of Ephraim making to the New World (Arsareth) and surviving the onslaught of the Spaniards.

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What does “His glory is like the firstling of a bullock” mean?

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A) Ephraim would have the glory of the 1st born.

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What is a “unicorn”?

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A) Rhinoceros

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What does “his horns are like the horns of unicorns” refer to?

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A) As a 🦏 rhinoceros has a big horn and a little horn : so would be the leaders of Ephraim and Manessah

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What is a “horn” making reference to? (Provide a scripture)

A) Leader, King or dominion ( Sirach 47:2,11)

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A) Leader, King or dominion ( Sirach 47:2,11)

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What does “with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth”

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A)The Lord used the leaders of Ephraim and Manesseh to push/guide the 10 tribes of Israel to the other side of the world- New World/ Arsareth ( 2 Esdras 13:40-45).

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