Blessed in the Beloved

Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manassah. this was a fraternal blessing such that they are made as brothers to all of Jacobs sons. The adoptive blessing made them sons to Jacob such that they could receive the covenant blessing to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (the promised land, multiplication, and blessing. This was a sovereign blessing which comes from God not human convention. God would be with Joseph as promised by Jacob and bring him to the land of his fathers even a mountain slope secured by Jacob in victory over the Amorites