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"Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; ^(C1)Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as ^(C2)Reuben and Simeon are.

But Israel reached out his right hand and placed it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, crossing his hands, although ^(C1)Manasseh was the firstborn.

^(C1)The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, ^(C2)Bless the boys; And may my name ^(F1)live on in them, And the ^(F2)names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And ^(C3)may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

"And I give you one ^(F1)portion more than your brothers, ^(C1)which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow."