- 救贖我脫離一切患難的那使者、賜福與這兩個童子、願他們歸在我的名下、和我祖亞伯拉罕、我父以撒的名下、又願他們在世界中生養眾多。
- 約瑟見他父親把右手按在以法蓮的頭上、就不喜悅、便提起他父親的手、要從以法蓮的頭上挪到瑪拿西的頭上。
- 約瑟對他父親說、我父不是這樣、這本是長子、求你把右手按在他的頭上。
- 他父親不從、說、我知道、我兒、我知道、他也必成為一族、也必昌大。只是他的兄弟將來比他還大、他兄弟的後裔要成為多族。
- 當日就給他們祝福、說、以色列人要指著你們祝福、說、願 神使你如以法蓮瑪拿西一樣.於是立以法蓮在瑪拿西以上。
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- the Angel who has delivered me from all harm --may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly upon the earth."
- When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim's head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
- Joseph said to him, "No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
- But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations."
- He blessed them that day and said, "In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.' " So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
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