15. He blessed Joseph and said, “God, before whom my fathersAbraham and Isaac walked,the God who fed meall my life long to this day,
16. the angel who redeemed me from all evil,bless the boys;let them be called by my name,and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac;and let them grow into a multitudein the midst of the earth.”
17. When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18. Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
19. His father refused and said, “I know it, my son, I know it. He will also become a people, and he will also be great, but truly his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”
20. He blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will bless, saying,‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’ ”So he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21. Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and return you again to the land of your fathers.
22. Moreover, I have given to you one portion more than your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”