Genesis 48
Why did Jacob chose to bless Ephriam above Menasseh? He made the decision consciously but seeing the strife from when he received the blessing over his twin and when Joseph received the blessing over his older brothers I wonder that he perpetuated the trend. I believe that strife with his brothers is one reason why Joseph tried to correct him.
I also notice that Ephriam and Menasseh were adopted by Jacob as his own sons but Joseph any future sons would belong to Joseph, I guess that Joseph would have formed a 14th tribe if he had had more sons (12 sons plus two grandsons adopted as sons).
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