Blessings by the Saints and Prophets of Scripture

Jacob blessed Joseph and his sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. “And he blessed Joseph, and said, ‘God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth’” (Gen. 48:15-16, KJV).

“So he blessed them that day, saying, ‘By you Israel (the nation) will bless, saying, “MayYehovah God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!”‘ And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh” (Gen. 48:20, NKJV).