blessing of Jacob, where it states that "Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall" (Genesis 49:22, interpreting the "wall" as the ocean). The idea being that they were a branch of Israel that was carefully led to another land for their inheritance. See also Ephraim Joseph Manasseh Yousafzai House of Joseph (LDS Church) Gathering of Israel References McConkie, Bruce R, The Millennial Messiah, 1982, Chapter 16. Joseph, Tribe of Joseph Joseph (Genesis) Gilead