¹⁶ May he bless it with the best gifts that fill the earth.
    May he bless it with the favor of the God who spoke out of the burning bush.
Let all these blessings rest on the head of Joseph.
    Let them rest on the head of the one who is prince among his brothers.
¹⁷ His glory is like the glory of a bull born first to its mother.
    His horns are like the horns of a wild ox.
He will use them to destroy the nations.
    He’ll wipe out the nations that are very far away.
The ten thousands of men in Ephraim’s army are like the bull and the ox.
    So are the thousands in the army of Manasseh.”