Genesis 48:18
"Not so, my father!" Joseph said. "This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
Context
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 his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

20He 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 God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers. 22“I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”



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