This is either what we would call a metaphorical description of the weakening of the tribe of Ephraim by the disaster that had struck two of its pr…

And when he went in to his wife After his grief and sorrow in part at least had subsided:

she conceive…

No account is given here of either Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they alone should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of…