Genesis 48:18-20

International Standard Version

¹⁸ “No, father, this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.”

¹⁹ But his father refused. “I know,” he said. “I know. He’s going to produce a large nation, and he’s going to be very great. However, his younger brother will become even greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

²⁰ That very day, Jacob^[a] blessed them with this blessing:^[b]

By doing this, he placed Ephraim before Manasseh.