Genesis 48:19-21

Living Bible

¹⁹ But his father refused. “I know what I’m doing, my son,” he said. “Manasseh too shall become a great nation, but his younger brother shall become even greater.”

²⁰ So Jacob blessed the boys that day with this blessing: “May the people of Israel bless each other by saying, ‘God make you as prosperous as Ephraim and Manasseh.’” (Note that he put Ephraim before Manasseh.)

²¹ Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to Canaan, the land of your fathers.