Jacob is about to die, and so he meets with Joseph, who takes Ephraim and Manasseh with him. At the end of his life Jacob is still directed by the promise that God gave to him many years ago, and the future God had promised to him. Jacob knew too that the promise was for his descendants, not just for him (Acts 2:39). We can all learn from this attitude.
Ephraim and Manasseh will be treated as if they were Jacob's own sons. This would affect the inheritance rights they had.
Jacob then blessed Ephraim and Manasseh. Now Manasseh was the older and should have received the first blessing, but Jacob blessed Ephraim first. Why did he do this? Maybe Jacob remembered his own situation. Jacob passes on his blessing to the boys.
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