He Set Ephraim before Manasseh — Genesis 48:17–22
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
And Joseph said unto his father,
Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
GEN 48:17–18
And his father refused, and said,
I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
GEN 48:19
And he blessed them that day, saying,
In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh:
and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
GEN 48:20
And Israel said unto Joseph,
Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
GEN 48:21–22