Genesis 48:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹² Then Joseph removed them from his father’s knees,^[a] and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. ¹³ Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel’s left, and Manasseh in his left hand towards Israel’s right, and brought them near him. ¹⁴ But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands, for Manasseh was the firstborn.