# that day with these words "that day, saying" # The people of Israel will pronounce blessings by your names saying "The people of Israel will speak your names when they are blessing others" # by your names saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh' "by your names. They will ask God to make others like Ephraim and like Manasseh" # Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh Giving Ephraim the greater blessing and making him more important than Manasseh is spoken of as if Israel physically put Ephraim in front of Manasseh.