¹⁴ However, Israel put out his right hand and placed it on E′phra·im’s head,+ although he was the younger,+ and his left hand upon Ma·nas′seh’s head.+ He purposely laid his hands so,* since Ma·nas′seh was the firstborn.+

³⁶ And he took a young child, stood it in their midst and put his arms around it and said to them:+