Genesis 48:14-15

48:14 Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head, although he was the younger. ¹  Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

48:15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,

“May the God before whom my fathers

Abraham and Isaac walked –

the God who has been my shepherd ² 

all my life long to this day,

[48:14]  ¹ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-concessive here.

[48:15]  ² tn Heb “shepherded me.” The verb has been translated as an English noun for stylistic reasons.