Genesis 48:15-22 ▼

15 And he blessed Joseph and said, “God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd from my continued being unto this day,

16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, may he bless the boys. And let my name be called upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, and may they multiply like fish into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

17 And Joseph saw that his father had set his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of the hand of his father to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh.

18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; set your right hand on his head.”

19 And his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. And yet, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become the fullness of the nations.”

20 And he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.’” And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

21 And Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, and God will be with you? and He will bring you? back to the land of your? fathers.

22 And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”