Genesis 48:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ When Joseph saw that his father put his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he ·didn’t like it [^Lthought it was wrong]. So he took hold of his father’s hand, wanting to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. ¹⁸ Joseph said to his father, “·You are doing it wrong, Father, since Manasseh [^LNo, my Father, for this] is the firstborn son. Put your right hand on his head.”

¹⁹ But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. Manasseh will be great and ·have many descendants [^Lbecome great]. But his younger brother will be greater, and his ·descendants [^Lseed] will ·be enough to make a nation [^Lbecome the fullness of nations; ^CEphraim would become the dominant tribe in northern Israel].”