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16 the angel who redeemed me from all evil,
    bless the boys;
let them be called by my name,
    and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac;
and let them grow into a multitude
    in the midst of the earth.”

17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18 Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

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