Genesis 48:17-22

17When Joseph saw that his father 1laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.” 19But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and 2his 3descendants shall become a 4multitude of nations.” 205He blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. 21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but 6God will be with you, and 7bring you back to the land of your fathers. 22I give you one 8portion more than your brothers, 9which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”