and he soon brought the question into the usual formula by adding, Ephraim was a pleasant childfirst, because he was a justified child; second, because he was an adopted child; and third, because he was a sanctified child.
Gotzkowsky's name, too, had been scoffed at, and he had been a benefactor of the people, while Ephraim had been their blood-sucking leech.
It was written while Ephraim was still a people, i.e. before the capture of Samaria by Shalmanezer; and xi.
I never saw any harm in Uncle Pennyman's texts: they never worried any one but himself; though I must confess that verse about Ephraim being a cake not turned affected us a little.