THE SONS OF JOSEPH ARE GIVEN THE BIRTHRIGHT BLESSING

Genesis 48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Genesis 48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.