Genesis 48:17-19

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁷ But when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. And he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

¹⁸ And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father. For this is the eldest. Put your right hand upon his head.”

¹⁹ But his father refused, and said, “I know well, my son. I know well. He shall also be a people; and he shall likewise be great. But his younger brother shall be greater than he; and his seed shall be full of nations.”