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The Hebrew peoples, the great grandchildren of Abraham, and children of Jacob called Israel - the 12 tribes of Israel of which Joseph's 2 sons, Ephraim and Manasseh became equal inheritors as Israel took them as his own before he gave his blessings to each of the tribes and passed on.

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