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.”
He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’”
He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.