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16 The angel who redeemed me from all evil,
    may he bless the boys.
And through them let my name be perpetuated,[a]
    and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac.
And let them multiply into many in the midst of the earth.

17 When Joseph saw that his father put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, he was displeased. And he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from the head of Ephraim over to the head of Manasseh. 18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; because this one is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head.”

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  1. Genesis 48:16 Or “called”