51 Joseph nemim firstborn lo Manasseh*+ bikos hem sei, “God hem mekem mi for forgetim evri problem blo mi and famili blo dadi blo mi.” 52 And hem nemim second born lo Ephraim*+ bikos hem sei, “God hem mekem mi garem olketa pikinini lo disfala ples wea mi kasem hard taem.”+

20 Tufala son blo Joseph wea born lo Egypt hem Manasseh+ and Ephraim.+ Asenath,+ dota blo Potiphera, wea hem priest lo On* nao bornem tufala son hia for hem.

17 Taem Joseph lukim dadi blo hem putim raet hand blo hem lo hed blo Ephraim, hem no hapi lo datwan, so hem trae for muvim hand blo dadi blo hem from hed blo Ephraim go lo hed blo Manasseh. 18 Joseph sei lo dadi blo hem: “Dadi, ino diswan bikos firstborn nao lo hia.+ Iu putim raet hand blo iu lo hed blo hem.” 19 Bat dadi blo hem no laek duim datwan. Hem sei: “Mi savve, son blo mi, mi savve. Firstborn tu bae kamap wanfala nation, and hem tu bae garem bignem. Bat, brata blo hem, wea hem second born bae garem bignem winim hem,+ and olketa pikinini* blo hem bae staka fogud and bae kamap olketa nation.”+

18 “Olketa wea bae camp lo west saed hem camp blo thrifala tribe wea Ephraim leadim. Olketa bae camp lo ples wea olketa markem for grup* blo olketa. Leader lo tribe blo Ephraim hem Elishama,+ son blo Ammihud. 19 Namba blo olketa wea register lo army from tribe blo Ephraim hem 40,500.+