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Moses continues blessing the tribes of Joseph.
## The firstborn of an ox, majestic is he ##
AT: "Joseph's descendants are powerful like a firstborn bull" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
## firstborn of an ox ##
Here "firstborn" and "ox" represent superiority and strength.
## his horns are the horns ##
Here "horns" are also represent strength.
## ten thousands of Ephraim...the thousands of Manasseh ##
This means the tribe of Ephraim will be stronger than the tribe of Manasseh. AT: "the 10,000 of Ephraim...the 1,000 of Manasseh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])