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14 But Israel took his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger of the two, and the left hand he put on the head of Manasseh, crossing his arms, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

15 Then he blessed Joseph,

“God, before whom my fathers
    Abraham and Isaac walked,
God who has been my shepherd
    again and again until this day,
16 the Angel who has freed me from every evil,
    bless these young ones!
Let my name be remembered through them
    and the name of my fathers
    Abraham and Isaac
and let them be multiplied greatly
    upon the earth.”

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