^{17 Ref} Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.

^{18 Ref} And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.

^{19 Ref} But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.