"Ephraim /\u02C8i\u02D0fri\u02D0\u0259m/; (Hebrew: \u05D0\u05B6\u05E4\u05B0\u05E8\u05B7\u05D9\u05B4\u05DD/\u05D0\u05B6\u05E4\u05B0\u05E8\u05B8\u05D9\u05B4\u05DD, Standard Efr\u00E1yim Tiberian \u02BEEp\u0304r\u00E1yim/\u02BEEp\u0304r\u0101yim) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph and Asenath. Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of On. (Genesis 41:50-52) Ephraim was born in Egypt before the arrival of the children of Israel from Canaan. (Genesis 48:5)Ephraim had sons: Shuthelah, Beker, and Tahan."@en . . .