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15 He blessed Joseph and said,

May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

16 the Angel who has redeemed me from all evil,

bless these lads,

and let my name be placed on them,

and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac.

Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, he was displeased. He held up his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

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