پدرش از اینكار خودداری كرد و گفت: «میدانم، پسرم، من میدانم. نسل منسی هم قوم بزرگی خواهد شد. امّا برادر كوچكش از او بزرگتر خواهد شد و نسل او ملّتی بزرگ خواهد گردید.»
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.