Genesis 48:14–20

¹⁴And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, ⁿguiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. ¹⁵And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, ^obefore whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, ^16pThe Angel which ^qredeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let ^rmy name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them ^†grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. ¹⁷And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it ^||displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head. ¹⁸And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. ¹⁹And his father refused, and said, ^sI know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly ^this younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a ^†multitude of nations. ²⁰And he blessed them that day, saying, ^uIn thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.