Genesis 48:18-20

New Catholic Bible

¹⁸ He said to his father, “Not like this, my father, this is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.”

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

He thus put Ephraim before Manasseh.