Genesis 48:18-20 And Joseph said unto his father––Not so, my father! for, this, is the firstborn, lay thy right hand upon his head.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ And Joseph said unto his father––Not so, my father! for, this, is the firstborn, lay thy right hand upon his head. ¹⁹ And his father refused, and said––I know––my son, I know! He also, shall become a people, and, he also, shall become great,––but nevertheless, his younger brother, shall become greater than he, and, his seed, shall become a filling up of the nations. ²⁰ And he blessed them on that day, saying––In thee, let Israel bless himself, saying, God set thee as Ephraim, and as Manasseh! So he set Ephraim before Manasseh.