<p class="poetry">I will bless those who bless you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who treats you lightly<n id="2" /> I must curse,p> <p class="poetry">and all the families of the earth will bless one another<n id="3" /> by your name.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">To the woman he said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will greatly increase<n id="1" /> your labor pains;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with pain you will give birth to children.p> <p class="poetry">You will want to control your husband,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but he will dominate<n id="4" /> you.&#8221;p>

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth,<n id="1" /> and you will spread out<n id="2" /> to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another<n id="3" /> using your name and that of your descendants.<n id="4" />

So he blessed them that day, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;By you<n id="1" /> will Israel bless,<n id="2" /> saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.&#8217;&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.<n id="3" />p>