The right of primogeniture has been forfeited by Reuben. The double portion in the inheritance is now transferred to Joseph. He is the first-born o…

His younger brother shall be greater. —In the final numbering of the tribes on the plains of Moab, the tribe of Manasseh had 52,70…

He also shall become a people. Jacob does not dispute which of the youths will be the more worthy, but only pronounces what God had decree…

And his father refused to have any alteration made, and therefore, though Joseph lifted it up from Ephraim's head and hel…

The two good men acknowledge God in their comforts. Joseph says, They are my sons whom God has given me. Jacob says, God hath showed m…