^{17 Ref} 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.

^{18 Ref} And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

^{19 Ref} 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.