“And Joseph took both of them — with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand — and brought them close to him.”
Genesis 48:13 (BSB)
Context Reading
11“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.” 12Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown. 13And Joseph took both of them — with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand — and brought them close to him. 14But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn. 15Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
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