Genesis 48:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁸ Joseph said to his father, ‘Not so, my father! Since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.’ ¹⁹ But his father refused, and said, ‘I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.’ ²⁰ So he blessed them that day, saying,

So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.