18. Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
19. His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
20. He blessed them that day, saying, “In you will Israel bless, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21. Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
22. Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”