the Tribe of Manasseh: Predictions Respecting

So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall. …

Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath, …