Vayechi, Aliyah 2 ויחי, שני

Yisrael’s eyes were heavy with age, and he could not see. He [Yoseif] brought them near to him, and he kissed them and hugged them.

Yisrael said to Yoseif, I have never thought to see your face, and behold Elohim has even allowed me to see your offspring.

Yoseif brought them out from between his knees, and he prostrated himself with his face to the ground.

Yoseif took the two [of them]—Ephraim in his right [hand], toward Yisrael’s left, and Menasheh in his left, toward Yisrael’s right—and he brought them near to him.

Yisrael stretched out his right [hand] and placed it on the head of Ephraim, [although] he was the younger, and his left [hand] on the head of Menasheh. He deliberately placed his hands so, even though Menasheh was the firstborn.

He blessed Yoseif and said, Elohim before whom my fathers walked, Avraham, and Yitzchok, Elohim who was my shepherd from my inception until this day—

The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, should bless the lads, and let my name be called on them, together with the name of my fathers, Avraham and Yitzchok. May they be like fish, multiplying within the land.