11. Jacob said to Joseph, “I never expected to see you again, and now God has even let me see your children.”
12. Then Joseph took them from Jacob's lap and bowed down before him with his face to the ground.
13. Joseph put Ephraim at Jacob's left and Manasseh at his right.
14. But Jacob crossed his hands, and put his right-hand on the head of Ephraim, even though he was the younger, and his left-hand on the head of Manasseh, who was the elder.
15. Then he blessed Joseph:“May the God whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac served bless these boys!May God, who has led me to this very day, bless them!
16. May the angel, who has rescued me from all harm, bless them!May my name and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac live on through these boys!May they have many children, many descendants!”