Genesis 48:18-20

English Standard Version

¹⁸ And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.” ¹⁹ But his father refused and said, ^(A)“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, ^(B)his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude^[a] of nations.” ²⁰ So he blessed them that day, saying,

Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.