Genesis 48:18-20

Modern English Version

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

¹⁹ His father refused and said, “I know it, my son, I know it. He will also become a people, and he will also be great, but truly his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.” ²⁰ He blessed them that day, saying,

So he set Ephraim before Manasseh.