In thee] That is, in thy name; or using thy name; or with reference to thee, or for thy sake; for, for Josephs sake, and in his stead was the blessing of Jacob the father pronounced upon the heads of these two sonnes; so saith Jacob to Joseph. shall Israel] That is, my posteritie, called by my name. saying God make thee as Ephraim] A forme of benediction shall be taken up in their names, (as in the blessing of Ruth, God make this woman like Rachel and like Leah, Rth 4:11.) for some speciall graces, and favours of God conferred on their persons, or their Tribes; which might be known among them, though it be not noted in the Scripture: and of those two Tribes as they were personally fruitfull above the rest, so their portions in the Land of Canaan were famous for fertilitie, Adricho. Delph. Theatr. p. 23. & p. 70. & 75. So the Jewes used, and at this day (as Fagius noteth) they use to say over their males, God put thee, or make thee as Ephraim, and Manasseh; and over their female children; God put, or place, or make thee as Sarah, and Rebekah. Of the like forme in cursing, see Jeremiah 29:22.