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. Nevertheless, his younger brother will become greater than he will,+ and his offspring* will become the full equivalent of nations.”+ 20 So he continued to bless them on that day,+ saying:

Thus he kept putting Eʹphra·im before Ma·nasʹseh.