52 And the name of the second he called Eʹphra·im,*+ because, to quote him, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my wretchedness.”+

19 But his father kept refusing and said: “I know it, my son, I know it. He too will become a people and he too will become great.+ But, just the same, his younger brother will become greater than he will,+ and his offspring will become the full equivalent* of nations.”+