V.1-4 The children of Joseph are next, right after Judah. Joseph was the 11th son of Jacob, but Joseph became a personal picture of Israel’s Messiah. Joseph was refused by his brothers in his early life but became the one who really rescued them later on. Then he was their provider and their glory as head over all the land of Egypt ({vi 1496-1500}Gen. 49:22-26).
V.4 Joseph was given a double portion (Gen. 48:22), his two sons became heads of tribes.
V.5-10 While Manasseh was the first-born (v. 4), Ephraim comes first, because of Jacob’s blessing of {vi 1460-1472}Genesis 48:8-20.