Genesis 48:5

“Again, the Patriarch Jacob said to Joseph, ‘And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which became thine in Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine.’” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 5, LXX.

“Jacob, dying, as though by will, received those his grandsons into the number of sons, and said to his son Joseph, “The rest that are born shall be to thee; but these to me, and they shall divide the land with their brethren.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 5.

“…before I came unto thee, are mine: Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon: and thy issue which thou begettest after them shall be thine.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 5, 6.

“For we read that the patriarch Jacob even, the father of so many children, made his grandchildren, the sons of Joseph, his own children, in these words: “These too shall be mine, and they shall receive the land with their brethren, and those which thou begettest after them shall be thine.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 5, 6.

“Ye have just heard what and how great things an Ephraim and a Manasses related of their father, and how the wonders of the story surpassed description.” — editor's note: i.e.preachers (perhaps of the Egyptian Church) who had preceded Gregory, spiritual sons of Basil, and so of Meletius, in the direct line of blessing. See Gen.…