17
Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
18
And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
19
But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations."
20
So he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will bless, saying, 'May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!' " And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
22
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow."