And he brought Manasseh and Ephraim, desiring that Manasseh1634
1634 Cod. Sin. reads each time “Ephraim,” by a manifest mistake, instead of Manasseh.
should be blessed, because he was the elder. With this view Joseph led him to the right hand of his fatherJacob. But Jacob saw in spirit the type of the people to arise afterwards. And what says [the Scripture]? And Jacob changed the direction of his hands, and laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, the second and younger, and blessed him. And Joseph said to Jacob, “Transfer thy right hand to the head of Manasseh,1635
1635 Cod. Sin. reads each time “Ephraim,” by a manifest mistake, instead of Manasseh.