Genesis 48:18-20

Matthew(i) 18 and sayde vnto hys father: Not so my father, for thys is the eldest. Put thy ryght hande vpon hys head. 19 And hys father wold not: but sayd: I knowe it well my sonne, I knowe it well. He shalbe also a people & shalbe great. But of a truth hys yonger brother shalbe greatter than he, and hys seed shall be full of people. 20 And he blessed them sayinge. At the ensample of these, the Israelites shal blesse and say: God make the as Ephraim and as manasses. Thus sett he Ephraim before Manasses.