Genesis 48:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶    The messenger who has rescued me from all harm,
        bless these boys.
    And let my name be perpetuated through them,
        as well as the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac,
    And let them grow into a great multitude of people
        throughout the world.

¹⁷When Joseph saw that his father had laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was troubled, and so he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

Joseph: ¹⁸No, Father! Since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.

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