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The children of Anah were Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

Then Judah said to Er's brother Onan, "Go and have sexual relations with your dead brother's wife. It is your duty to provide children for your brother in this way."

But Onan knew that the children would not belong to him, so when he was supposed to have sexual relations with Tamar he did not complete the sex act. This made it impossible for Tamar to become pregnant and for Er to have descendants.

Joseph named the second son Ephraim and said, "God has given me children in the land of my troubles."

Their father Jacob said to them, "You are robbing me of all my children. Joseph is gone, Simeon is gone, and now you want to take Benjamin away, too. Everything is against me."

Then Judah said to his father Jacob, "Send Benjamin with me, and we will go at once so that we, you, and our children may live and not die.

I pray that God Almighty will cause the governor to be merciful to you and that he will allow Simeon and Benjamin to come back with you. If I am robbed of my children, then I am robbed of them!"

And we answered you, ‘We have an old father. And we have a younger brother, who was born when our father was old. This youngest son's brother is dead, so he is the only one of his mother's children left alive, and our father loves him very much.'

Live in the land of Goshen where you will be near me. Your children, your grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all that you have will also be near me.

Tell them to take some wagons from Egypt for their children and their wives and to bring their father back also.

Then Jacob left Beersheba. The sons of Israel loaded their father, their children, and their wives in the wagons the king of Egypt had sent.

Now these are the names of the children of Israel who went into Egypt (Jacob and his descendants). Reuben was Jacob's first son.

At harvest time you must give one-fifth to the king. You may keep four-fifths for yourselves to use as seed for the field and as food for yourselves, your families, and your children."

The Israelites continued to live in the land of Goshen in Egypt. There they got possessions and had many children and grew in number.

He said to me, ‘I will give you many children. I will make you the father of many peoples, and I will give your descendants this land forever.'

But if you have other children, they will be your own, and their land will be part of the land given to Ephraim and Manasseh.

He said to Joseph, "I thought I would never see you alive again, and now God has let me see you and also your children."

Everyone who lived with Joseph and his brothers went with him, as well as everyone who lived with his father. They left only their children, their flocks, and their herds in the land of Goshen.

So don't be afraid. I will take care of you and your children." So Joseph comforted his brothers and spoke kind words to them.

During Joseph's life Ephraim had children and grandchildren, and Joseph's son Manasseh had a son named Makir. Joseph accepted Makir's children as his own.